Removing Barriers to Bystander Behavior
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 – 2 PM EST
Presented by: Kim Novak
Hazing & Masculinity
Thursday, September 16, 2010 – 2 PM EST
Presented by: Brandon Cutler and Zach Nicolazzo
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 2 PM EST
Presented by: Eli Ker
Women & Hazing
Ladies – have you ever been to an anti-hazing program and didn’t feel you could identify? Perhaps you thought the focus was more about men, extreme cases of hazing, and that this wasn’t something you’d ever dream of doing? Well, men and women are different…and have different hazing practices. This webinar will first briefly explore the differences between men and women – moral reasoning and development, identify and development of self, and how young women relate to peers and authority figures. Then we’ll discuss how female identity impacts women’s hazing behavior. Understanding how men and women are different will help inform us and enable community members to more clearly identify unhealthy behaviors. Faculty, students, and staff are invited to participate in this program and learn how to:
- Articulate some key differences between the way men and women development
- Describe types of hazing behaviors typically evinced by women
- Apply this new knowledge by implementing at least one best practice for hazing prevention
Having served as a volunteer for Chi Omega fraternity for over 40 years, Patty Disque has held positions from chapter advisor to Chairman of the College Panhellenics Committee and a member of the NPC Executive Committee. She was instrumental in helping to form the Northeast Greek Leadership Association (NGLA) and served as Treasurer of that association and a Board member for 7 years. Patty has frequently presented workshops at regional conferences and AFA and conducted a review of various campuses as a member of NPC Consulting Teams. In October 2009 she was presented with the Kappa Delta Order of the Diamond for her work on behalf of the National Panhellenic Conference. She holds a Bachelor of Interior Design from Auburn University’s School of Architecture and owned her own interior design business for more than 30 years.
As the Director of Chapter Services, Lorin Phillips currently supervises the collegiate services staff including their Assistant Directors of Chapter Services, Coordinator of Colony/New Chapter Development, and Regional Leadership Consultants. Additionally, she conducts risk management investigations and membership reviews, and serves on Tri Sigma’s Programming Committee and Hazing Prevention Planning Team. In addition, she has been integral to revising their member accountability process and incorporating technology into their social event and risk management policy education programs. Lorin received her Bachelor of Science in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University in 2002. She later obtained a Master of Education in Adult Learning and Human Resource Development also from James Madison University. In her 7 years as the Director of Chapter Services for Tri Sigma, she has conducted over 125 risk management investigations and 15 membership reviews.
Beth Stathos is the General Counsel for Chi Omega Fraternity headquartered in Memphis, TN. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma and Tennessee. Her varied work with Chi Omega Fraternity as a traveling national consultant to college campuses, full-time chapter services staff member, and national volunteer spans over 20 years. Prior to becoming General Counsel for Chi Omega, Beth served for 10 years as the Associate Director & Panhellenic Advisor for Student Life at her alma mater. Dedicated to providing students with a safe and rewarding college experience, Beth has volunteered her time and skills presenting legal and risk management workshops on college campuses across the United States throughout her career.
Empowering communities or members of organizations to accept responsibility for acting when they see behaviors that are not aligned with values can result in amazing change! Extensive research into why people do not intervene has identified four distinct stages in the process of moving people from inaction to action. (A. Berkowitz, 2009)
This webinar will examine how organizations, groups, or teams can use our collective knowledge of why people choose to not intervene, the barriers, to develop strategies for empowering leadership, members, and community members to act. By establishing intentional efforts to remove the barriers to action we can increase the probability that organizations will mitigate the impact of bystander behavior. This is a critical conversation to have as we set out to intervene in hazing as well as other high-risk behaviors on the college campus. It is not enough to tell individuals to not be bystanders. We must create environments that empower individuals to act. Faculty, staff, students, and volunteers that work with organizations are invited to join us for this dynamic program that will empower participants to:
- Utilize the identified barriers to action to evaluate organization environment in order to identify where barriers can be reinforced.
- Design organization operations/systems as well as basic informational programs in such a way as to remove barriers to action.
- Create initiatives to communicate that your organization/community sees hazing as a problem and want individuals to take action against hazing.
- Design strategically developed training to create environments in their community/organization that empower individuals to act.
Kim Novak is an independent consultant for Campus Safety, Student Risk Management and Student Organization Development. She is recognized as a national expert in student-focused risk management, hazing prevention, and campus safety. She has been invited to speak at national conferences and on college campus around the country and served as faculty for several nationally sponsored professional institutes including the including the National Interdisciplinary Hazing Intervention Institute which was renamed in her honor in 2010 as the Kimberly Novak Hazing Prevention Institute.
Prior to embarking on her consulting career full-time, Kim served as the Director for Student and Campus Community Development at Arizona State University, Downtown Phoenix campus. Kim was a key player in the opening of the campus in 2004. Her work as a Chapter Advisor for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity has earned her Student Organization Advisor of the year at both Texas A&M University and Arizona State University. She has been awarded Accolades for Fraternal Service by Kappa Alpha Order. Kim approaches her work with college students with the heart of an advocate and is committed to the advancement of communities of care on college campuses across the country.
Hazing & Masculinity
As a part of National Hazing Prevention Week, this webinar will examine how male gender role socialization and the perceived ideal of hegemonic masculinity create fraternity cultures conducive to hazing. Participants will spend time exploring what Kimmel (2008) describes as the triumvirate cultures of entitlement, silence, and protection and how these empower fraternity men to believe hazing is a necessary rite of passage and must be continued through pledge classes. Through engaging in honest and open conversation about the current state of a fraternity culture conducive to hazing, participants will learn effective strategies to proactively address hazing on a personal, chapter, community-wide, and national level. Participants will:
- Gain an increased awareness of issues related to men's development, gender role socialization, and hegemonic masculinity, along with how these concepts effect the hazing culture in fraternities. This will include discussion about theory and literature as well as a practical analysis of how this is manifested on both the individual and chapter levels.
- Be encouraged to look at men in a holistic fashion, taking into account an array of dimensions of personal identity rather than just focusing on gender. While the seminar will focus mainly on gender as an influential dimension of identity, the intersections of identity will be discussed as well as how such intersections may play out for the men with whom we work.
- Be challenged to confront the connections between male gender role socialization and the hazing culture that exists among fraternities, making sure to address the dynamics of entitlement, silence, and protection that allow hazing to persist.
- Learn skills for both their professional practice as well as for their male student leaders to use in confronting the hazing behavior stemming from male gender role socialization and the strict adherence to a hegemonic masculinity standard.
- Learn how to model positive engagement and interaction with men, thereby encouraging fraternity men to replace hazing traditions with positive rites of passage.
Zach Nicolazzo is currently a Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Programs at the University of Arizona and serves ACPA as th
e Chair of the Standing Committee for Men. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Roger Williams University and his Masters of Science degree in College Student Personnel from Western Illinois University. During his M.S., Zach started doing some research on social justice ally development among college men, and has since written articles, led webinars, presented programs at national conventions, and focused volunteer efforts around issues related to men and masculinities. While he served as the Violence Prevention Specialist at the University of Arizona, Zach founded Men Against Violence, a student group dedicated to ending violence against women. Zach is also an independent consultant, consulting in the areas of social justice, men, and masculinities.
Brandon Cutler is currently the Assistant Director for Student Life at Ball State University. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Sciences from Iowa State University and his Masters of Science degree in College Student Personnel from Western Illinois University. He served as the Assistant Director of Greek Affairs – Primary Fraternity Advisor at Kansas State University from 2007- 2010 where he was a part of the staff team that developed the K-State Strategic Plan and Fraternal Relevance Accreditation and Minimum Expectations Program. Brandon is an active volunteer for the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors and is a member of Theta Chi Fraternity.
This webinar will be a preview of the campus based program Crossing The Line created by CAMPUSPEAK, a five hour program that is designed to help bring community members together to discuss the negative impacts of hazing on a campus community. This program is ideal for all campus and community constituents including social fraternities and sororities, athletics, general student organizations and military organizations. The webinar will focus on one of the most powerful aspects of the curriculum – aligning personal, organizational and community values. Afterwards, case studies will be utilized to help better understand the impact of hazing on college students and campus communities.
Participants that join us for this webinar will:
- Better understand the benefits of bringing Crossing the Line to their organization or campus.
- Be able to articulate personal, organizational and community values and how their actions in regard to hazing align with those values.
- Have tools and resources for addressing hazing on personal, organizational and community levels.
- Explore the concept of “Hidden Harm” through pertinent case studies and relevant discussion
Eli Ker is currently serving as the Associate Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life at Clemson University. Eli has also been a campus-based facilitator for CAMPUSPEAK for the past three years and has presented on several campus with topics focusing on hazing, alcohol misuse, diversity training, leadership development, etc. Eli is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and has been an active volunteer with the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, the College Student Educators International (ACPA), Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and serves as the Assistant Executive Director for the South Eastern Interfraternity Conference.
