Publications
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- Is a Fair Title IX System Possible by Sarah Brown, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 May, 2021
- Title IX (Podcast Episode 3) by Jill Chirstman, Indelible: Campus Sexual Violence, 31 March 2020.
- Many Professors Have to Report Sexual Misconduct. How Should They Tell Their Students That? by Sarah Brown, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 August 2018.
- What’s Required of a Professor Who Learns of a Student’s Rape? One University Seeks a Nuanced Answer, by Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 25 May 2017.
- Professors Are Being Forced To Reveal Sexual Assault Confidences, Like It Or Not by Tyler Kingkade, The Huffington Post, 10 May 2016.
- Endangering a Trust by Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, 4 February 2015
- Which Matters More: Reporting Assault or Respecting a Victim's Wishes? by Carmel DeAmicis, Atlantic, 20 May 2013
- Don't Throw Professors In Jail For Respecting Student Confidentiality by Evan Gertsmann, Forbes, 28 May 2019.
- Dec 13: Jill Christman on Writing Sexual Trauma Under Title IX by Jill Christman, Essay Daily, 13 December 2018
- Forcing sexual harassment reporting on campus can have a chilling effect by Angela Lawson, The Hill, 4 December 2018
- Trouble with Title IX. Mandatory reporting, Title IX profiteers and administrators, and academic governance by Sine Anahita, AAUP, May-June 2017.
- Required Supporting Instead of Required Reporting: Responding Well to Disclosures of Campus Sexual Violence by Jennifer Freyd, Huffington Post Blog, 1 December 2016.
- The Problem with “Required Reporting” Rules for Sexual Violence on Campus by Jennifer Freyd, Huffington Post Blog, 25 April 2016.
- Ohio University faculty members want mandatory reporter rule reevaluated by Miriam Shadis and Patricia Stokes (and many signers), The Post, 22 October 2015
- The Chilling Effect of Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Assault by Michele Moody-Adams, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 March 2015
- Trust me…no never mind by Denice Labertew, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault Blog, 5 February 2015
- Loose Lips Required… And Appreciated: In Support of Title IX’s Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Professors in Undergraduate and Graduate Education published in The University of New Hampshire Law Review by Stacy Scaldo, Associate Professor of Law at Florida Coastal School of Law, 19 March 2020
- The Hidden Harm of Required Reporting at the University Daily Emerald, 28 May 2016.
- New Title IX Regulations Threaten Rights of Student Survivors, Indiana Daily Student, 26 August 2020.
- Required reporting at UO undermines autonomy, academic freedom and equality by Survivor Autonomy, Daily Emerald, 25 May 2016.
- Letter on the UO's Mandatory Reporting Policy from the Survivors of Sexual Violence Support Caucus of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF, AFT-3544) of the UO, 19 May 2016.
- Anonymous Open Letter to the UO Senate from a Graduate Student blog post 26 April 2016
- Compendium of Scholarly and Scientific Research Relevant to Required Reporting
- Branch, K. A., Hayes-Smith, R., & Richards, T. N. (2011). Professors’ experiences with Student disclosures of sexual assault and intimate partner violence: How “helping” students can inform teaching practices. Feminist Criminology, 6(1), 54–75.
- Demers, J. M., K. Ward, S., Walsh, W. A., L. Banyard, V., Cohn, E. S., Edwards, K. M., & Moynihan, M. M. (2018). Disclosure on campus: Students’ decisions to tell others about unwanted sexual experiences, intimate partner violence, and stalking. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 27(1), 54–75.
- Dunlap, J.A. (2021). Harmful reporting. New Mexico Law Review, 51(1), 1-36.
- Edwards, K. M., Sessarego, S. N., & Schmidt, M. H. (2019). The kids are alright (mostly): An empirical examination of Title IX knowledge in institutions of higher education. Psychology of Violence, 9(4), 431–441.
- Engle, J. C. (2015). Mandatory reporting of campus sexual assault and domestic violence: Moving to a victim-centric protocol that comports with federal Law. Temple Politics & Civil Rights Law Review, 24, 401-421.
- Hayes-Smith, R., Richards, T. N., & Branch, K. A. (2010). “But I’m not a counsellor”: The nature of role strain experienced by female professors when a student discloses sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences, 2(3), 1-24.
- Holland, K. J. (2020). Correlates of college women’s intentions to use formal campus supports for sexual assault. Psychology of Violence, 10(2), 245-254.
- Holland, K. J., & Cortina, L. M. (2017). The evolving landscape of Title IX: Predicting mandatory reporters’ responses to sexual assault disclosures. Law and Human Behavior, 41(5), 429–439.
- Holland, K. J., Cipriano, A. E., & Huit, T. Z. (2019). “The fear is palpable:” Service providders’ perceptions of mandatory reporting policies for sexual assault in higher education. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 1-24
- Holland, K. J., Cortina, L. M., & Freyd, J. J. (2018). Compelled disclosure of college sexual assault. American Psychologist, 73(3), 256–268.
- Holland, K. J., Cortina, L. M., & Freyd, J. J. (2019). Advocating alternatives to mandatory reporting of college sexual assault: Reply to Newins (2018). American Psychologist, 74(2), 250–251.
- Holland, K. J. (2019). Examining responsible employees’ perceptions of sexual assault reporting requirements under federal and institutional policy. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 19(1), 133-149.
- Mancini, C., Pickett, J., Call, C., & Roche, S. P. (2016). Mandatory reporting (MR) in higher education: College students’ perceptions of laws designed to reduce campus sexual assault. Criminal Justice Review, 41(2), 219-235.
- Mancini, C., Pickett, J., Call, C., McDougle, R. D., Brubaker, S. J., & Brownstein, H. H. (2019). Sexual assault in the Ivory Tower: Public opinion on university accountability and mandatory reporting. Sexual Abuse, 31(3), 344-365.
- Moore, B., Baker, T. (2016). An exploratory examination of college students likelihood of reporting sexual assault to police and university officials: Results of a self-report survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence., 33(22), 3419-3438.
- Moylan, C. A. (2016). 'I fear I’m a checkbox’: College and university victim advocates’ perspectives of campus rape reforms. Violence Against Women, 23(9), 1122–1139.
- Moylan, C. A., Hammock, A., & Carlson, M. L. (2020). In the eye of the reformer: Higher education personnel perspectives on campus sexual assault policy implementation. Journal of School Violence.
- Newins, A. R. & White, S. W. (2017). Title IX sexual violence reporting requirements: Knowledge and opinions of responsible employees and students. Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research, 10(2), 74-82.
- Newins, A. R., Bernstein, E., Peterson, R., Waldron, J. C., & White, S. W. (2018). Title IX mandated reporting: The views of university employees and students. Behavioral Sciences, 8(11), 1-19.
- Newins, A. R. (2019). Ethical considerations of compelled disclosure of sexual assault among college students: Comment on Holland, Cortina, and Freyd (2018). American Psychologist, 74(2), 248–249.
- O’Banion, L.K. (2018). Campus sexual assault and (in)justice: An inquiry into campus grievance professionals’ roles, responsibilities, and perspectives of justice (Publication No. 4407) [Doctoral dissertation, Portland State University]. Dissertation and Theses.
- Richards, T.N., Gillespie, L,K., & Claxton, T. (2021). Examining incidents of sexual misconduct reported to Title IX Coordinators: Results from New York's institutions of higher education. Journal of School Violence, 20(3), 1-14.
- Richards, T. N. (2018). No evidence of “weaponized Title IX” here: An empirical assessment of sexual misconduct reporting, case processing, and outcomes. Law and Human Behavior, 43(2), 180-192.
- Richards, T. N., Branch, K. A., Fleury-Steiner, R. E., & Kafonek, K. (2017). A Feminist Analysis of Campus Sexual Assault Policies: Results from a National Sample. Family Relations, 66(1), 104-115.
- Richards, T., Branch, K., & Hayes, R. (2013). An exploratory examination of student to professor disclosures of crime victimization. Violence Against Women, 19(11), 1408-1422.
- Rosenthal, M., Smith, C. P., & Freyd, J. J. (2017). Behind closed doors: University employees as stakeholders in campus sexual violence. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 9(4), 290–304.
- Sabina, C., & Ho, L. Y. (2014). Campus and college victim responses to sexual assault and dating violence: Disclosure, service utilization, and service provision. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
- Shetterly, J. (2018). "Resident advisers' perceptions of their mandatory reporting status under Title IX: How they can help survivors" (Publication No. 903) [Doctoral dissertation, Eastern Michigan University]. Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
- Smith, C. P., & Freyd, J. J. (2013). Dangerous safe havens: Institutional betrayal exacerbates sexual trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26(1), 119-124.
- Smith, C.P. & Freyd, J.J. (2014). Institutional betrayal. American Psychologist, 69(6), 577-587.
- Weiss, K. G. & Lasky, N. V. (2017). Mandatory reporting of sexual misconduct at college: A critical perspective. Journal of School Violence, 16(3), 259-270.
- AAUP: Sections opposing designation all faculy as mandatory reporters -- from AAUP Report on Title IX, by the American Association of University Professors, June 2016.
- AMA: Sachs, C. J. (2007). Mandatory reporting of injuries inflicted by intimate partner violence. AMA Journal of Ethics, 9(12), 842-845.NAESV: Survivor Survey on Mandatory Reporting by NAESV National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (2016).
- Know Your IX (2015). Know your IX defeats mandatory police referral provisions of Delaware bill. Retrieved from http://knowyourix.org/police-delaware/
- WHO: World Health Organization (2013). Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women: WHO clinical and policy guidelines.
- Statement regarding UO Responsible Employee Duty to report sexual harassment and sexual assault policy by UO Organization Against Sexual Assault, May 10, 2016
- UT Dallas Senate Resolution on Implementation of Title IX, March 31, 2016