Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct
Title IX Resource Coordinators serve in a neutral role and support all members of the Harvard community. Resource Coordinators have specialized experience in responding to disclosures of sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct in the Harvard community. They are also aware that your concerns may be of a sensitive nature and can offer supportive measures to help you continue with your work or studies while maintaining appropriate discretion.
Contacting your Title IX Resource Coordinator is not the same as filing a formal complaint with the University Title IX Coordinator. Rather, Resource Coordinators are a resource to help you make an informed decision about which pathways are right for you.
While conversations with a Title IX Resource Coordinator are not confidential, they will handle any information that you provide with the utmost discretion and sensitivity and will share it with others only on a need-to-know basis. You are encouraged to ask about confidentiality and privilege at the start of your conversation with any of Harvard’s resources.
Please see the list below for HGSE's Title IX Resource Coordinators' contact information.
Anonymously disclose your concern via the Resource for Online Anonymous Disclosures (ROAD) via the Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities website.
A Title IX Resource Coordinator can offer you supportive measures, which are individualized supports to help those who may have experienced incidents of sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, participate in campus life at Harvard and continue with their studies or work.
Supportive measures may be implemented at any time and may include:
- Course-related extensions and adjustments
- University-issued and enforced no contact orders
- Work and/or course schedule adjustments
- Changes in housing and seating
- Leaves of absence
- Increased monitoring of certain areas of the campus
These are just a few examples of supportive measures. Title IX Resource Coordinators work with students, faculty and staff to ensure that supportive measures are individually tailored to meet an individual’s unique needs.
If you have questions about supportive measures, do not hesitate to reach out to one of your HGSE Title IX Resources Coordinators listed above.
You have options. In addition to disclosing a concern to a HGSE Title IX Resource Coordinator, you may also anonymously disclose a concern to the Title IX Office, file a formal complaint with the University’s Title IX Coordinator, or file a report with the police. To read more about these options to decide which is right for you, please visit the Title IX Office’s Your Options webpage.
Disclose Anonymously to the Title IX Office
You may submit anonymous disclosures of sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct to the Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities. By using the Resource for Online Anonymous Disclosures (ROAD) form, you can disclose a concern, communicate with a member of the Office for Community Support, Non-Discrimination, Rights and Responsibilities, and access resources without revealing your identity.
File a Formal Complaint
You may file a formal complaint with the University’s Title IX Coordinator.
- Information about how to file a formal complaint, visit the Title IX Office.
- Information about the investigative process once a formal complaint is filed, please visit the Office for Dispute Resolution’s (ODR) or contact ODR to request an informational meeting at:
Smith Campus Center, Suite 901
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Phone: 617-495-3786
Email: odr@harvard.edu
File a Police Report
Harvard University Police Department
Locations: 1033 Massachusetts Avenue or 29 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.495.1212
Web: www.hupd.harvard.edu
Cambridge Police Department
Location:125 6th Street, Cambridge, MA
Sexual Assault Hotline
Phone: 617.349.3381
Harvard University’s policies prohibiting sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct are designed to ensure a safe and non-discriminatory educational and work environment and to meet legal requirements, including: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the University’s programs or activities; relevant sections of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in employment; and Massachusetts laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
The University has several policies and procedures based on the type of conduct and when the conduct occurred. The University Office for Gender Equity website provides a snapshot overview of the differences amongst the University policies. Additionally, links to the University’s policies are listed below.
Regarding conduct occurring on or after August 14, 2020
- Interim Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy
- Interim Procedures for Handling Formal Complaints Against Students Pursuant to the Interim Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy
- Interim Other Sexual Misconduct Policy
- Interim Procedures for Handling Formal Complaints Against Students Pursuant to the Interim Other Sexual Misconduct Policy
Regarding Conduct Occurring Before August 14, 2020
Title IX Resource Coordinators
Kevin Boehm
kevin_boehm@gse.harvard.edu
Kelly DeLiberato
kelly_deliberato@gse.harvard.edu
Taylor Goyette-Frechette
taylor_goyette-frechette@gse.harvard.edu
Andrea Le
andrea_le@gse.harvard.edu
Brendan Russell
brendan_russell@gse.harvard.edu
Maritza Suyapa Hernandez
maritza_hernandez@gse.harvard.edu