Title IX: Empowering Staff to Partner for Compliance Lindsey Bartlett Mosvick Assistant Director for Violence Prevention University of Mississippi

About Me Assistant Director for Violence Prevention

What does the Violence Prevention Office do? Victim Advocacy Empowerment driven approach Services available for students who experience sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking

Services Provided Accommodations Academic Housing Safe rooms Safety (no contact letters, escorts) Parking Counseling Health Anything a student may need to feel safe and comfortable on campus

Trainings Completed In conjunction with Title IX Office… Key faculty and staff in person training Orientation training for new students Targeted first year training Targeted training for athletics and Greek-affiliated students

Title IX: Responsible employees Your institution sets precise definition Includes any employee who has the authority to take action to redress sexual violence; who has been given the duty of reporting incidents of sexual violence or any other misconduct by students to the Title IX Coordinator or other appropriate University designee; or whom a student could reasonably believe has this authority or duty

Clery: Campus Security Authorities (CSAs) An official of an institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including, but not limited to, student housing, student discipline and campus judicial proceedings Faculty only CSAs if also advisors to student organizations

Reaching your Responsible Employees What groups have reported the most Title IX incidents in the past? What groups are most likely to receive Title IX reports? What trainings already exist or happen on my campus that you can join or loop into? Who does Clery compliance on my campus that I can collaborate and share the administrative work with?

Getting buy in Shared obligation: the campus helps each other Equip them to hand off the issue Even if some things change, students have organized around this issue Public relations -> admissions Retention What barriers do you see for responsible employee training at your institution?

Key training messages How to handle student disclosures How to refer to resources How to make reports to Title IX Partnering for accommodations Make the training work for you, too

How to handle disclosures What counts? Any incident of sexual discrimination, not limited by time or place (UM position) Will this happen to me? When will it happen? If a student asks you to keep something confidential, explain your obligation first and offer them truly confidential resources

How to handle disclosures Be nice Believe the student Do not investigate Questions: are you safe? What can I do? Be clear Explain your reporting obligation Refer student to resources – options, not obligations Be private Do not report up Report ONLY to Title IX

How to refer Explaining what Title IX is: Provide the right resources: Student still controls process Provide the right resources: Campus resources and accommodations Local nonprofits Most common questions: Tell parents? Will this cost anything? Tell police?

Providing Accommodations The institution has an obligation to provide reasonable accommodations Tailor this section to your training group Example: Faculty Excused absences Extensions on assignments or tests Exams taken outside of classroom Moving students to different sections

Training that works Include multi-modal and experiential tools: Consent tea video Role play Group work

Understanding the Secondary Trauma Exercise based on “In Her Shoes” and adapated from DCCADV Note: descriptions and treatment of characters may be difficult to read

Running through our activity What do you think the intent of this activity is? How do you think your faculty or staff would react to it? Is it a realistic measure for assessing processes and how to be trauma-informed?

Title IX Tools: Risk Assessment Understand and evaluate the risk Utilize tools! Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment Developed and implemented by the Maryland Coalition Against Domestic Violence SHARP (Stalking and Harassment Risk Profile) Developed by a research team at the University of Kentucky

Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment 10 questions Developed over time by evaluating factors most likely to contribute to DV homicide Some are more predictable and intuitive: Access to guns Others are less so Pregnancy

SHARP tool Designed to be confidential Assesses multiple matrices of behaviors Develops personalized assessment and tools/tips Not victim blaming

What’s Next? Possible changes to standard of proof Rescission of Dear Colleague letters Gender identity (also pending litigation) Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act implementation More Congressional action? Mississippi HB 1039

Questions? Lindsey Bartlett Mosvick Assistant Director for Violence Prevention University Counseling Center University of Mississippi 320 Lester Hall 662-915-1059 bartlett@olemiss.edu