Elizabeth J. Allan, Ph.D. 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. Dr. Allan has been involved in education about hazing since the early 1990s when she proposed and coordinated lobbying efforts for the passage of a statewide anti-hazing law. She has written a number of essays, book chapters and encyclopedia entries on the topic of hazing and is the co-founder and manager of www.StopHazing.org .

Dr. Allan has been invited to speak about hazing at colleges, schools, and national education conferences. She has been interviewed about hazing for newspapers and radio shows throughout the country and magazines including TeenPeople, Glamour , Sports Illustrated , Good Housekeeping, Congressional Quarterly, and British Cosmo . Most recently, an interview with her is featured in Unless a Death Occurs , a PBS documentary about hazing. Her research related to campus culture and climate has been published in the Harvard Educational Review (2003) the Maine Journal of Education (2004), and Innovative Higher Education (2005).

Selected Publications Related to Hazing:

Allan, E. J. (2003). Hazing in High School and College. In Kimmel, M. & Aronson, A. (Eds.). Men and Masculinities : A Social, Cultural and Historical Encyclopedia . Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Allan, E. J. (2003). Athletic Team Hazing. In Kimmel, M. & Aronson, A. (Eds.). Men and Masculinities : A Social, Cultural and Historical Encyclopedia . Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Allan, E. J. & DeAngelis, G. (2004). Hazing, Masculinity and Collision Sports: (Un)Becoming Heroes. In Johnson, J. & Holman, M. (Eds.). Making the Team: Inside the World of Sport Hazing and Initiations . Canadian Scholars Press.

Allan, E. J. (2004). Gender and Hazing: Analyzing the Obvious. In Nuwer, H. (Ed.). The Hazing Reader: Examining Rites Gone Wrong in Fraternities, Professional & Amateur Athletics, High Schools and the Military . Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Allan, E.. J. & Iverson, S. (2004). Initiating Change: Transforming a Hazing Culture. In Nuwer, H. (Ed.). The Hazing Reader: Examining Rites Gone Wrong in Fraternities, Professional & Amateur Athletics, High Schools and the Military . Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Allan, E. J. & Nuwer, H. (2003, 2004). Hazing Prevention and Eradication: Beyond the Basics . National Audio conference sponsored by Magna Publications. October 15, 2003 & February 24, 2004.