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Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assualt | Services | Students | Yale College http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/students/services/harassment.html Events Calendar A-Z Index Search Yale University Home page Publications Contact us Yale home STUDENTS FACULTY & STAFF CLASS OF 2012 FOR PARENTS Advising Programs & Centers Academic Resources Administration Services Student Life Services Home Services Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assault University Services Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assault The Sexual Harassment Grievance Board Sexual harassment consists of nonconsensual sexual advances, Information on this page requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct Sexual Harassment & Sexual Yale College on or off campus, when: (1) submission to such conduct is Assault Dean's Office made either explicitly or implicitly a condition of an individual's The Grievance Board P.O. Box 208241 employment or academic standing; or (2) submission to or New Haven, CT rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment How to Use the Grievance 06520-8241 USA decisions or for academic evaluation, grades, or advancement; Board Physical address: or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably 1 Prospect Street Composition of the Grievance interfering with an individual's work or academic performance or SSS 110 Board New Haven, CT creating an intimidating or hostile academic or work 06510 environment. Sexual harassment may be found in a single Grievance Board Members phone: 203-432-2900 episode, as well as in persistent behavior. 2007-2008 FAX: 203-432-7369 Sexual harassment is a matter of particular concern to an Some Important Facts academic community in which students, faculty, and staff are The Sexual Harassment & related by strong bonds of intellectual dependence and trust. If Assault Resources & Education members of the faculty, whether professors or teaching fellows, or other Yale employees, introduce sex into a professional Center relationship with a student, they abuse their position of authority. Related Links In some instances sexual harassment is obvious and may involve an overt action, a threat, or a reprisal. In other Report by the Yale College instances sexual harassment is subtle and indirect, possibly Sexual Harassment Grievance even unintentional, with a coercive aspect that is unstated. Board to Dean Peter Salovey Students may find themselves feeling pressure or unwanted Student Complaints of Sexual attention in a variety of perplexing situations. Harassment by Harassment Advisory Board peers is as unacceptable as harassment by faculty or staff of the University. Peer harassment can include repeated unwanted telephone calls; obscene calls or messages; unwanted touching or fondling; and sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. Additional Resources Students may be unsure whether an experience is appropriately The S.H.A.R.E. Center considered sexual harassment. In circumstances such as these, students are encouraged to discuss their concerns with a member of the Board. The Grievance Board The Yale College Grievance Board for Student Complaints of Sexual Harassment exists to ensure that every student is able to pursue his or her education at Yale free of sexual harassment. The Board was created because members of the Yale community consider sexual harassment an intolerable form of behavior, one that seriously threatens the bonds of trust upon which our community depends. The responsibility of the Board is to address complaints of sexual harassment that students in Yale College may bring that may involve students, faculty, and staff of Yale College. Board members are very willing to discuss with students any problem of sexual harassment or harassment on the basis of sexual orientation which they may experience at Yale, and will give advice both about other grievance procedures appropriate to specific cases and about other sources of help available in the Yale-New Haven community How to Use the Greivance Board A student may bring questions concerning procedure, seek informal advice, or present a complaint to any member of the Board, either orally or in writing. Members of the Board are sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of those involved and will treat every consultation and complaint with seriousness and complete confidentiality. An informal discussion with a member of the Board may prove sufficient for the student, or the student may decide to make a formal complaint. No action will be taken by any member of the Board without explicit permission from the student. The Board understands that there will be times when students will want to protect their own identities and yet wish to complain about someone who they feel has sexually harassed them. In fairness to all parties, however, the Board cannot investigate or take any action on a complaint unless the student is willing to be identified both to the Board and to the person named in the complaint. If a student wishes merely to inform the named person about the problem while remaining unidentified, the Board may, at its discretion, agree to assist the student by speaking informally with the named person without identifying the student. A student also has the option of making a formal complaint but delaying identification to the named person and any action by the Board until a later date (e.g., the end of the term). 1 of 3 7/22/2008 8:25 AM Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assualt | Services | Students | Yale College http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/students/services/harassment.html A full description of the way in which a specific complaint would be treated by the Board is provided in the Revised Report of the Dean's Advisory Committee on Grievance Procedures, which may be obtained from the Yale College Dean's Office. Composition of the Grievance Board The Grievance Board consists of seven persons: two faculty members, two administrators, two undergraduate students, and one person with counseling experience. When openings exist on the Board, nominations are solicited from members of the Yale community; the dean of Yale College, after consulting with current members of the Board, appoints new persons to serve on it. You may call an individual Board member directly or, for general information about Board procedures, or to schedule an appointment, call 432-2907. Grievance Board Members 2007-2008 Jill Campbell is a professor of English. Phone: 432-6896. Lisa Driscoll is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and a clinical psychologist at University Health Services. Phone: 432-0290 W. Marichal Gentry is the dean of student affairs and an associate dean of Yale College. Phone: 432-2907 Peter Parker is the convenor of the Grievance Board and a professor of physics. Phone: 432-3099 Barbara Rowe is an assistant dean of Yale College and the director of the International Education and Fellowship Programs. Phone: 432-8698 Alexandra Suich is a senior in Timothy Dwight College. Phone: 415-806-0101 Lorraine Van Kirk is a senior in Davenport College. Phone: 203-554-1027 Jennifer Wood is the dean of Ezra Stiles College. Phone: 432-0563 Some Important Facts 1. You don't have to make a formal complaint but can simply come to talk and to consult. 2. You may speak to the entire Board or to just one member in confidence. 3. You may come to speak to a member of the Board with someone else (master, dean, teacher, friend, etc.). 4. Your explicit permission or instruction will determine whether a complaint is carried forward by the Board. 5. You may discuss a complaint without being identified to the person named in the complaint, although the full formal procedure cannot go forward unless you are willing to be identified to the person named. 6. If you decide to make a formal complaint, you will be kept informed of the Board's activities, as will the person named in the complaint. 7. Any attempt to penalize you for initiating an inquiry or a complaint will be treated as a separate incident and will be taken up by the Board. 8. You may wish to discuss sexual harassment with someone other than a member of the Board. Using the Board does not exclude other avenues open to students both within the University (talking with masters, deans, freshman counselors, the Yale Women's Center, Consent, etc.) or in the New Haven community (Rape Crisis Services, the criminal justice system). 9. In the case of student-to-student complaints, only the Yale College Executive Committee may impose penalties. The Sexual Harassment & Assault Resources & Education Center Director: Carole T. Goldberg, Psy.D. We are pleased to announce the opening of the Sexual Harassment & Assault Resources & Education Center (the S.H.A.R.E. Center) and at the same time introduce the head of this newly designated center. The new center will provide two functions. There will be a dedicated telephone number that will access the center during office hours and the rape crisis counselor after hours. Students will have access to a sexual assault counselor 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The counselors will be available to talk to the student or meet with the student and help him or her decide how they want to proceed - with medical assistance, counseling, or the decision to press charges and notify the police. The resource center will be at located at 55 Whitney adjacent to YUHS Health Education Office. The space is currently under renovation, but once it is completed it will be a place where students can drop in to talk about their concerns and experiences, and/or access education materials. It will also be a space to organize campus programs, offer discussion groups, and plan educational programs for the campus community. When we move into our new University Health Services building in three years, the resource center will be there. We are delighted to announce that Dr.
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