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
| Janet Evans, Hearing Officer |
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| Marcia Harris, Hearing Officer |
| Sara Gurwitch, Hearing Officer |
| Amanda Porter, Hearing Officer |
| Gessner Rivas, Hearing Officer |
| Craig Roen, Hearing Officer |
| Evan Tsai, Hearing Officer |
| Niel Willardson, Hearing Officer |
| Mitch Zamoff, Hearing Officer |
| Lacey Anderson, Faculty |
| Chan Lan Chun, Faculty |
| Jennifer Goodnough, Faculty |
| Sarah Hoffman, Faculty |
| Jess Larson, Faculty |
| Michael Madden, Faculty |
| Traci Mann, Faculty |
| Kristen Mark, Faculty |
| Liza Meredith, Faculty |
| Mercedes Porter, Faculty |
| Matthias Rothe, Faculty |
| Jared Strasburg, Faculty |
| Matt Simcik, Faculty |
| Amy Sweasy Tamburino, Faculty |
| Sylia Wilson, Faculty |
| Lauri Wyum, Faculty |
| Joseph Alf, Staff |
| Bridget Apitz, Staff |
| Michelle Beeghly, Staff |
| Hal DeLaRosby, Staff |
| Eric Gorecki, Staff |
| Lindsy Gornick, Staff |
| Mattie Hawley, Staff |
| Emily Krekelberg, Staff |
| James Larson, Staff |
| Jules Lehto, Staff |
| Pamela Merzwski, Staff |
| Ian Moore, Staff |
| Jarice Sherman, Staff |
| Sarah Wojnicki Smith, Staff |
| Carrie Sutherland, Staff |
| Kelsee Vogt, Staff |
| Evelyn Vocu, Staff |
| Maimuna Aden, Student |
| Breleigh Bauer, Student |
| Kasey Bellegarde, Student |
| Stevan Blauert, Student |
| Wesley Dean, Student |
| Edris Farhadi, Student |
| Patty Hall, Student |
| Mariam Hassan, Student |
| Yunqi He, Student |
| Audrey Hutchinson, Student |
| Jonathan Kim, Student |
| Jacob Kunkel, Student |
| Charlotte McDaniel, Student |
| Mikael Mir, Student |
| Dannah Nephew, Student |
| Torrance Nichols-Kraft, Student |
| Steven Nguyen, Student |
| Richard Roman, Student |
| James Roth, Student |
| Lori Younissess, Student |