Hearing panel composition
Each hearing panel includes a hearing chair and four panel members. The four panel members are University members who have volunteered and been trained for the role. In each case, at least one panel member is of the same University classification (i.e., faculty, staff, or student) as the complainant, and at least one panel member is of the same University classification as the respondent. Panel chairs are selected for their relevant expertise in the field, are trained, and may be compensated for their service.
Selection of hearing panelists
Faculty, staff (including civil service, bargaining unit, and professional and administrative employees), and students from all five University campuses serve as panelists on the SMHC. Panelists serve a two- to three-year term (depending on their role on the Committee) and are recruited annually via an application process.
Questions about the SMHC
For questions about the SMHC, please contact the SMHC Coordinator, Britt Anderson, at [email protected]. The SMHC Coordinator serves as the primary point of contact on post-investigation procedures for parties, panelists, University decision-makers, and others.
Training
SMHC members are trained annually on issues related to prohibited conduct and on how to conduct a grievance process that protects the safety of complainants and promotes accountability.
Among other things, SMHC members receive training on:
- the definitions of sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, and relationship violence;
- the scope of the University’s education programs and activities;
- how to conduct a hearing;
- how to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue, conflicts of interest, and bias;
- technology to be used at a live hearing, where applicable; and,
- relevance of questions and evidence, including when questions and evidence about the complainant’s sexual predisposition or prior sexual behavior are not relevant.
Title IX-related training materials can be found here.
Governing Policies
- Board of Regents Policy: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Relationship Violence
- Administrative Policy: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Relationship Violence
- Post Investigations Procedures for Formal Complaints of Violations of Administrative Policy: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Relationship Violence
Current Members
| Jan Evans, Hearing Chair |
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| Marcia Harris, Hearing Chair |
| Mitch Zamoff, Hearing Chair |
| Sara Gurwitch, Hearing Chair |
| Amanda Porter, Hearing Chair |
| Gessner Rivas, Hearing Chair |
| Craig Roen, Hearing Chair |
| Evan Tsai, Hearing Chair |
| Brenda Frye, Faculty |
| Jennifer Goodnough, Faculty |
| Michael Madden, Faculty |
| Macey Buker, Faculty |
| Sarah Hoffman, Faculty |
| Matthias Rothe, Faculty |
| Jared Strasburg, Faculty |
| Sylia Wilson, Faculty |
| Mercedes Porter, Faculty |
| Kristen Mark, Faculty |
| Traci Mann, Faculty |
| Chan Lan Chun, Faculty |
| Lacey Anderson, Staff |
| Cori Bazemore-James, Staff |
| Jules Lehto, Staff |
| Pamela Merzwski, Staff |
| Emily Krekelberg, Staff |
| Ian Moore, Staff |
| Kelsee Vogt, Staff |
| Michelle Beeghly, Staff |
| Evelyn Vocu, Staff |
| Bethany Simon, Staff |
| Tracy Rouse, Staff |
| Brittany Stokes, Staff |
| Lindsy Gornick, Staff |
| John Fields, Staff |
| Troy Schillinger, Staff |
| Beth Bayley, Staff |
| Carrie Sutherland, Staff |
| Mattie Hawley, Staff |
| Hal DeLaRosby, Staff |
| Erin Fernandez, Student |
| Peter Grace, Student |
| Robert Libal, Student |
| Mikael Mir, Student |
| Benjamin Lange, Student |
| Grace Getschel, Student |
| Abigail Thompson, Student |
| Maimuna Aden, Student |
| Stevan Blauert, Student |
| Breleigh Bauer, Student |
| Evelyn Elizondo, Student |
| Charlotte McDaniel, Student |
| Amanda Krinke, Student |
| Rachel Wittkopp, Student |
| Joan Osaigbovo, Student |
| Jonathan Kim, Student |
| Patty Hall, Student |
| Adam Sychla, Student |
| Dannah Nephew, Student |
| Jacob Rudolph, Student |
| Steven Nguyen, Student |
| James Roth, Student |