The Wave of Change Task Force – comprising faculty experts, staff members, graduate and undergraduate students – worked tirelessly throughout the 2017-18 academic year to better understand sexual violence on our campus and develop evidence-based recommendations for how we can tackle this problem together. Co-chaired by Tania Tetlow, senior vice president and chief of staff to President Fitts, and Meredith Smith, Assistant Provost for Title IX & Clery Compliance, the more than 30-member task force was brought together to review current Tulane policies and discussing new approaches to the prevention of sexual misconduct.
Four subcommittees were established to take a deeper dive into specific areas of focus:
- Undergraduate Sexual Misconduct Prevention: Focusing on issues impacting undergraduates; programs and approaches to prevention of sexual misconduct; issues facing students of color and LGBTQ+ identifying students; and the use of alcohol as a tool of perpetrators.
- Derick Bugg, Assistant Director of Campus Recreation
- Sonali Chada, Affairs Office for Kappa Alpha Theta and Director of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence for the Undergraduate Student Government
- Jamieka Greer, Director of Academic Advising for Student Athletes and Assistant Athletics Director
- Lindsey Greeson, Class Officer Development, Reunions, Former Director of the Well
- Dr. Brian Johnson, Assistant Vice President for Housing and Residence Life
- Sarah Jones (’20), Resident Advisor and Community Engagement Advocate
- Sam Levin (’18), President of the Undergraduate Student Government
- Sergeant Patrick Martin, Tulane University Police Department
- Dr. Smita Ruzicka, Assistant Vice President for Campus Life
- Caroline Scott (’18), Senator for the Undergraduate Student Government, Peer Health Educator
- Dr. Heather Storer, Assistant Professor of Social Work
- Dr. Red Tremmel, Administrative Assistant Professor, Multicultural Affairs
- Graduate Student Sexual Misconduct Prevention: Focusing on issues impacting graduate students; programs and approaches to prevention of sexual misconduct; issues facing student of color and LGBTQ+ identifying students; and dating/domestic violence.
- Joey Bishop, Interim Superintendent, Tulane University Police Department
- Dr. Gretchen Clum, Associate Professor, Global Community Health & Behavioral Science
- Nick Fears, ('19), PhD Candidate Psychology, President, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Data Analyst for 2017 Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey
- Becki Kondkar, Professor of Practice of Law
- Dr. Scott Tims, Assistant Vice President for Campus Health Services
- Laura Wolford, Assistant Director of the Newcomb College Institute and Director of the Newcomb Research Center
- Faculty Sexual Harassment Prevention: Focusing on issues of faculty-on-faculty harassment; faculty-on-student harassment; policies and best practices; and sexual harassment education.
- Howard Boyd, Associate General Counsel
- Dr. Michael Cunningham, Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies and Associate Provost
- Dr. Dennis Kehoe, Professor of Classical Studies
- Dr. Sally Kenney, Executive Director of the Newcomb College Institute and Professor of Political Science
- Dr. Sarah Lindsey, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
- Dr. Ana Lopez, Professor of Communications, School of Liberal Arts and Associate Provost
- Margaret Martin, Law Student, Member of the Executive Board of the Public Interest Law Foundation, Women in Law Society and Graduate Assistant, Newcomb College Institute
- Dr. Elisabeth McMahon, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, School of Liberal Arts
- Meredith Smith, Assistant Provost for Title IX and Clery Compliance
- Tania Tetlow, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff and Felder-Fayard Professor of Law
- Erica Woodley, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Case Management & Conduct
- Research & Assessment: Focusing on programmatic measurable outcomes; advancing research on the prevention of sexual misconduct; defining success; and developing a research plan for Tulane.
- Dr. Alyssa Lederer, Assistant Professor for Global Community Health & Behavioral Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- Dr. Jessica Shedd, Assistant Provost for Assessment & Institutional Research
