Research Advisory Group

A Research Advisory Group has been established to inform and guide project design and assist in obtaining project funding. Members currently include (in alphabetical order):

• Ms. Jessica Bartter, Communications Coordinator, Representing National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS).
• Dr. Ron Binder, Associate Director of Residence Life for Greek Affairs, Bowling Green State University. Representing the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA).
• Ms. Martha Brown, Chair, National Panhellenic Conference (NPC).
• Mr. Timothy Clark, Assistant Director of Education and Outreach, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
• Mr. Mike Cleary, Executive Director, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
• Dr. Gwen Dungy, Exec. Dir., National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).
• Dr. Debbie E. Heida, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Berry College.
• Dr. Terence Hogan, Dean of Students, Ohio University, Chair of NASPA Knowledge Community on Fraternity/Sorority Life.
• Ms. Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting, Assistant Director, Student Life and Leadership Coordinator, Orientation Programs at CalPoly. (NODA)
• Dr. Richard McKaig, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs & faculty member in Student Affairs & Higher Education, Indiana University. North American Interfraternal Foundation (NIF) Executive Board member.
• Mr. Hank Nuwer, nationally recognized hazing expert, author of three books on hazing, member of the advisory committee to the 1999 NCAA hazing study, Adjunct Professor at Indiana University-Purdue University and Faculty member at Franklin College (IN).
• Dr. Laura Osteen, Director of Leadership Programs, Florida State University. Representing the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).
• Dr. Norm Polland, Director, Counseling and Student Development Center, Alfred University.
• Dr. Judith Ramalay, Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and past-President of the University of Vermont.
• Dr. John Schuh, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Iowa State University. Representating the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).
• Dr. William Smedick, Special Assistant to the Dean of Student Life, Johns Hopkins University, Representing the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA).
• Dr. Stephen Sweet, sociologist, statistician, and author of several articles about hazing, Professor of Sociology, Ithaca College.
• Ms. Nona Wood, Associate Director of Student Rights & Responsibilities
  North Dakota State University. Representing the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA).
• Ms. Louise Kier Zirretta, past President of the North American Interfraternal Foundation (NIF) and professional researcher.
  

Project Personnel: The project will be carried out by Principal Investigator Elizabeth Allan , Ph.D. and Project Director Mary Madden , Ph.D. Dr. Allan is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine where she teaches courses for the Masters and Doctoral degree programs in Higher Educational Leadership. She has written a number of essays, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on the topic of hazing, and is co-founder and manager of the educational website, www.StopHazing.org . She has been interviewed about hazing for newspapers and radio shows throughout the country and periodicals including Sports Illustrated , TeenPeople, Glamour, Rolling Stone, British Cosmopolitan , Good Housekeeping and the Congressional Quarterly. Her research related to campus climate has been published in the Harvard Educational Review (2003), the Maine Journal of Education (Spring 2004), and Innovative Higher Education (forthcoming 2004).

Dr. Mary Madden is an Assistant Research Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine where she is a faculty member in the Center for Research and Evaluation. She is currently coordinating the evaluation of a school-based initiative in youth suicide prevention and intervention, school-based bullying prevention programs, and several initiatives aimed at improving the health of youth. Her current research project examines how middle level schools can work with girls to: (1) increase their understanding of societal messages and pressures which encourage girl-to-girl meanness, betrayal, and fighting; and (2) encourage girls to build alliances with each other.