Category: Research

Year-in-Review 2024

It’s time for StopHazing’s annual Year-In-Review! 2024 has been quite a year – let’s recap it together in this blog post. We briefly highlight many of the milestone moments, achievements, updates, new content, and announcements over the last twelve months from the small-but-mighty StopHazing team. Thanks for being a part of the hazing prevention community…  Continue reading »

The Power of Leadership in Preventing Hazing: How Institutional Commitment Makes All the Difference

Hazing remains a significant problem nationwide, harming students and undermining college and university missions. As organizations and institutions work to address hazing, robust and visible leadership is critical to meaningful and sustainable change. Institutional commitment to hazing prevention, with clear, visible leadership and support, can make a significant difference.  Senior leaders from 25 colleges and…  Continue reading »

Research-to-Practice Series: Part 3

This is the final installment of our three-part research-to-practice series this year, highlighting our hazing prevention research and the related strategies and resources developed. In Part 3, we explore hazing in athletics, the military, and other spaces such as Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOS), and highlight other prominent intersecting topics such as sexual violence.  As…  Continue reading »

HazingInfo.org Launches the Nation’s First Comprehensive Database of Hazing Incidents at Colleges & Universities

HazingInfo.org is the first comprehensive national database of college student hazing at colleges and universities, showcasing data on hazing incidents in college teams, clubs, and organizations. Currently, HazingInfo.org has free data and information posted for 467 institutions in the nine – soon to be ten – states that require colleges and universities to publish campus…  Continue reading »

Research-to-Practice Series: Part 2

Building on Part 1, Part 2 of our ongoing Research-to-Practice Series summarizes peer-reviewed research from StopHazing’s research team and offers practical resources to help you prevent hazing in your community. At StopHazing, we believe in turning research into actionable strategies, and this edition highlights tools that can make a real difference in your efforts. This…  Continue reading »

Research-to-Practice Series: Part 1

StopHazing Launches Research-to-Practice Series: Part 1 – Diving into Hazing Prevention Research and Accompanying Research-informed Resources. At StopHazing, we are excited to introduce the Research-to-Practice Series, a three-part initiative designed to bridge the gap between academic research and practical application in hazing prevention. This series will highlight key findings from our peer-reviewed studies, along with…  Continue reading »

Next Cohort of Hazing Prevention Consortium Launches with 11 Colleges and Universities 

October 19, 2023 StopHazing is launching a new cohort of the Hazing Prevention Consortium™  (HPC) with eleven colleges and universities this Fall. The HPC is a multi-year research-to-practice initiative using a public health approach to build an evidence base for hazing prevention on college campuses. Members come from select colleges and universities that have demonstrated…  Continue reading »

Dr. Allan writes op-ed for MSNBC about hazing and sexual assault

Dr. Elizabeth Allan, Principal of StopHazing and Professor of Higher Education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, was invited to write an op-ed for MSNBC. Identified as leading researcher on hazing and its prevention, editors requested Dr. Allan’s expertise and knowledge about sexual assault and hazing as allegations and lawsuits…  Continue reading »

Five Ways We Don’t Haze Can Impact Your Campus

Feb. 2, 2022 | StopHazing & Clery Center Although 2022 just began, national headlines continue to highlight the realities and dangers of hazing within our campus communities. Institutions nationwide have banned student organizations for hazing practices, students have been suspended for engaging in hazing, and lawsuits have been filed against campuses from students or families…  Continue reading »

Clery Center and StopHazing Launch Hazing Prevention Toolkit for Campus Professionals®

STRAFFORD, PA – Campus hazing can have far-reaching negative consequences for individual students, their families, student organizations, groups and teams, and the broader campus community. To guide effective hazing prevention, Clery Center and StopHazing have partnered to develop a data-driven Hazing Prevention Framework (HPF)© based on principles of prevention science and findings from the Hazing…  Continue reading »