Sexual Harassment Officers and Resources

Sexual Harassment Designated Officers

For undergraduate students:

  • Karen Flood
    Allston Burr Resident Dean, Dudley House
    Lecturer on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
    Lehman Hall, 3rd Floor
    (617) 496-8912
    More Information for Students

For graduate students:

  • Garth McCavana
    Dean for Student Affairs
    Chair, Coordinating Committee on Sexual Harassment
    Holyoke Center 350
    Phone: 617-495-1814
    More Information for Students

  • Ellen Fox
    Director of Student Services, GSAS
    Dudley House B-2
    Phone: 617-495-5005

For faculty and postdoctoral fellows:

  • Nina Zipser
    Dean for Faculty Affairs
    University Hall, First Floor South
    Phone: 617-496-2969
    Email: nina_zipser@harvard.edu

For staff:

  • Gary Cormier
    Director of HR Consulting
    1414 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 528
    Phone: 617-495-5571
    E-mail: gcormier@fas.harvard.edu
  • Sandy Stergiou
    Senior Human Resources Consultant
    1414 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 538
    Phone: 617-496-4039
    E-mail: stergiou@fas.harvard.edu 

For the Division of Continuing Education:

For students:

  • Robert Neugeboren 
    Dean of Students and Alumni Relations
    51 Brattle Street
    Phone: 617-495-1765
  • Brenda Mahoney
    Associate Registrar
    51 Brattle Street
    Phone: 617-998-8501

For faculty and teaching assistants:

  • Mary Higgins
    Associate Dean for Academic Administration
    51 Brattle Street
    Phone: 617-998-8490

For staff:

  • Leslie Boisset-Dell'Elce
    Director of Human Resources
    51 Brattle Street
    Phone: 617-495-8338

Resources

University Departments

Student Groups and Hotlines

  • In Common - Graduate student peer counseling on academic and personal concerns, including sexual harassment; provides referrals
    Hotline: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., Sunday through Thursday
    Phone: 617-384-8255 (4-TALK)

  • Response - Undergraduate student peer counseling on experiences of sexual harassment and sexual assault
    Drop in: 9 p.m. to midnight, Sunday-Thursday; Lowell House E-013 (basement)
    Hotline: 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily
    Phone: 617-495-9600

  • Room 13 - Undergraduate student peer counseling on academic and personal issues; provides referrals
    Drop in: 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily; Thayer Basement B09
    Hotline: 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily
    Phone: 617-495-4969

  • Contact - Undergraduate student peer counseling on gender, sexual orientation, sex, and relationships
    Drop in: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., Thursday through Sunday; Thayer Basement B04
    Hotline: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., Wednesday through Sunday
    Phone: 617-495-8111

  • Peer Contraceptive Counselors (PCC) - Undergraduate student peer counseling on birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, relationships, and other topics related to sexual health
    Drop in: 7 p.m. to midnight, Sundays through Thursdays; and Friday - Saturday, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.; University Health Services, 5th Floor
    Hotline: 7 p.m. to midnight, Sundays through Thursdays; and Friday - Saturday, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.; voicemail messages can be left anytime
    Phone: 617-495-7561

State and Federal Agencies

  • Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
    One Ashburton Place, Room 601
    Boston, MA 02108
    Phone: 617-994-6000

  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Room 475
    Government Center
    Boston, MA 02203
    Phone: 1-800-669-4000

  • U.S. Department of Education
    Office for Civil Rights
    Regional Director
    5 Post Office Square, 8th Floor
    Boston, MA 02109
    Phone: 617-289-0111
    Fax: Phone: 617-289-0150