Considerations for Supporting Postdoctoral Scholars Experiencing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: Issue Paper (2025)
Chapter: Appendix F: Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
Appendix F
Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
The Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education brings together leaders from academic and research institutions and key stakeholders to collaboratively work toward and share evidence-based actions on addressing and preventing sexual harassment across all disciplines and among all people in higher education. The members take a leading role in preventing harassment by devoting time and resources to collaboratively identify, develop, implement, and research efforts that address and prevent harassment through changing organizational cultures and climates and making system-wide changes within higher education.
The Action Collaborative includes four Working Groups (Prevention, Response, Remediation, and Evaluation) that compile and gather information and develop resources for the higher education community. Those resources include Issue Papers, authored by individuals in a working group, that describe the status of and key elements shaping a specific issue related to addressing sexual harassment, examine and summarize the research or evidence base, examine existing practices on a specific issue, and/or provide technical assessments of strategies or priorities. These Issue Papers serve as a research-based resource for higher education administrators; practitioners; faculty, staff, and student leaders as they consider policies, practices, and approaches related to sexual harassment prevention, response, remediation, and/or evaluation.
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE: Enobong H. Branch (Chair), Rutgers University; Elizabeth S. Chilton, Washington State University; Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Arizona State University; Douglas A. Girod, University of Kansas; Monica L. Lypson, Columbia University; Michael F. Sweeney, UC Davis
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Vicki J. Magley (Chair), University of Connecticut; Kelley Bonner, Burn Bright Consulting; Sheila Brassel, Catalyst; Nancy C. Cantalupo, Wayne State University; Lilia Cortina, University of Michigan; Minette E. Drumwright, University of Texas at Austin; William F. Flack, Jr., Bucknell University; Jennifer M. Gómez, Boston University; Sarah Gonzalez, Annie E. Casey Foundation; Kathryn Holland, University of Nebraska; LaWanda D. Swan, Start By Talking; M. Gabriela Torres, Rhode Island College; David C. Yamada, Suffolk University
STAFF: Ashley Bear, Director of the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Frazier Benya, Director; Teresa Frasca, Program Officer; Kait Spear, Program Officer; Abigail Harless, Research Associate; and Andrea Dalagan, Senior Program Assistant.
NOTE: The individual authors are solely responsible for the content of issue papers, which do not necessarily represent the views of the authors’ organizations or of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Learn more: http://www.nationalacademies.org/sexualharassmentcollaborative
