Campus Sexual Assault: Responses to Changes in Federal Title IX Policy

Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy
Speaker(s)
Karen Miksch, Erin Murphy, Lena Palacios, Rose Miron
February 13, 2018 - 1:00 pm CST
- 2:30 pm
In September 2017, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rescinded Obama-era guidance on how colleges and universities handle sexual assaults under Title IX law. Panelists discussed how the University of Minnesota and Minnesota state legislators are responding to these federal changes.

 

  • Karen Miksch, Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development and co-chair of the UMN President’s Initiative to Prevent Sexual Misconduct
  • State Representative Erin Murphy, author of proposed state legislation to strengthen consent guidelines at all colleges and universities in the state
  • Lena Palacios, Assistant Professor, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies and co-author of a dear colleagues letter raising concerns about mandatory reporting
  • Rose Miron, PhD candidate, American Studies and co-author of a dear colleagues letter raising concerns about mandatory reporting
  • Christina Ewig, professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs (moderator)