Dr. Adrianne J Jackson Weaver is a researcher, practitioner and clinician with an expertise in campus sexual assault policy. Adrianne uses her background as a trauma informed clinician to create policies that are not harmful to survivors of sexual assault. Her experience with policy writing spans higher education and the department of defense.

Amelia Meman is an activist, educator, and researcher from Baltimore, MD currently working toward their PhD in clinical and community psychology at UMBC. Amelia's research is on sexual violence prevention and radical pedagogy. Before joining their doctoral program, Amelia led the Women's Center at UMBC for 5 years developing intersectional feminist programming and collaborating with campus community members to cultivate more equitable and inclusive practices.

Ann Schafer (she,her) has over 10 years of experience in student affairs in areas such as housing and residence life, gender and equity centers, and now serves as the Director of the Office of Advocacy & Education at University of Oklahoma. In this role, she oversees critical areas such as sexual assault response and advocacy as well as the campus wide food pantry addressing food insecurity for all staff, faculty and students. She also collaborates with her team in prevention and education efforts around gender-based violence, substance misuse, sexual health and general wellness. Ann is currently pursuing a PhD in the Adult & Higher Education at the University of Oklahoma, focusing on how college women experience violence on dating apps.

Anne Dufault, MS, MEd is a PhD student at Suffolk University in Applied Developmental Psychology. Her research focuses on how examining power and oppression in sexual violence prevention efforts can promote positive development both for young people who show warning signs they may cause harm, and young people involved in preventing harm on their campuses. Her work is informed by nearly a decade as a sexual violence prevention educator for Catharsis Productions, where she traveled the U.S. educating college students and U.S. military service members, and trained new educators how to facilitate interactive and engaging conversations about sexual violence. She is also a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, with a MEd in Educational Studies.

April currently serves as the Director for Student Accountability in the Office of the Dean of Students at the University of Utah. She serves as the main conduct officer for the University, protecting student rights and working through appropriate resolutions to student accountability cases. Prior to the Office of the Dean of Students, she worked in various student affairs departments at the University of Utah and the University of Georgia, where she received her master's degree in kinesiology while completing a graduate assistantship in the Department of Recreational Sports. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Educational Leadership & Policy at the U. Outside of work and school, she teaches group fitness classes, spends lots of time outdoors, and love snuggling with her cat, Winnie.

Chris Toutain serves as the Martha A. Darling Dean of Students at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he works to support student success both in and outside the classroom. For more than 12 years Chris has served in multiple student affairs roles, including within housing at Willamette University, the Dean of Students Office at Chapman University, and as Reed College’s Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator. Chris brings over a decade of sexual misconduct investigation and adjudication experience, along with a practitioner lens rooted in a prioritization of student care and a commitment to providing individualized support and equitable educational access. Chris completed his Ph.D. in Education, with an emphasis in Disability Studies, at Chapman University, and his research interests focus on issues of student disability across the co-curriculum.

Clara Wellons holds an MPH from Columbia University's Mailman School, with a specialization in injury and violence prevention. She serves on the Advocacy and Policy Committee of The Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research, is a member of the Men’s Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association, and is a member of North America Men Engage Network.

Ms. Wellons' professional background includes experience in research and the mental health sector, gained during her time working at McLean Hospital's Brain Imaging Center. Her master's thesis, "A Methodological Review of National WISQARS Surveillance of Interpersonal Community Level Non-Fatal Assaults", critiqued the standard use of injury data from victims as a proxy for data from those who cause harm.

She uses gender theory analysis to identify and understand root causes of perpetration of harm and to develop primary prevention strategies.

Grace Poon Ghaffari, PhD is a motherscholar practitioner, daughter of Chinese immigrants, and embodied healer. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs for the Department of Counselor Education at San Jose State University. Rooted in de/colonial and abolitionist ways of being, Grace’s research and praxis explores healing and harm among student survivors of sexual and relationship violence, as interconnected and shaped by systems of oppression. Grace is also a trauma-informed yoga teacher who facilitates yoga as healing for survivors. Grace also created Asian Women College Survivors to uplift the needs and realities of Asian American women college survivors through Instagram. In her recent past, Grace also served as a sexual violence prevention educator and survivor advocate, and has previously worked in various areas in higher education and student affairs for over a decade. Grace finds joy anytime she is playing with her daughter, connecting with community, and tasting all the foods.

Jacquelyn Mesenbrink, DrPH, MPH, CHES is an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University in the Jiann-Ping HSU College of Public Health. Her research experience includes program development for social justice programming including violence prevention, COVID-19, and mental health. Her subject matter experience includes a well-versed understanding of college campus populations and sexual violence prevention programming. She currently serves as the Rape Crisis Center, Mary's Place, Board Chair in Savannah.

Jessica Henault, MS, is a PhD student in Prevention Sciences at Kansas State University. Her research explores the impact of reading explicit fanfiction on college students' sexual exploration and political resistance. Prior to joining NASPA's Health, Safety, and Well-being Initiatives, Jessica served as Kansas State University's first Violence Preventionist. Outside of work, she enjoys curling up with her four cats and reading smutty romance novels.

Jessie Lynn Richards, PhD., is an assistant professor/lecturer in the Business School at the University of Utah where she teaches interpersonal and organizational communication and writing. Her research focuses on intersections of trauma, gender, and language in organizational contexts. She started Fight Against Domestic Violence (FADV), a non-profit foundation, to support survivors of domestic violence through business and individual partnerships.

Jordan Jameson is a third-year doctoral student at the University of Utah studying Educational Leadership and Policy with the College of Education. He also is employed with the Office of the Registrar as its Assistant Registrar for National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Student-Athlete compliance. Jordan is a first-generation college student and is passionate about equitable access to higher education for minoritized students and critically analyzing the peripheral effects of education policy. He is excited to work alongside other scholars at the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention and learn more about compliance in a university setting.

Julia Broussard is the Assistant Provost for Title IX Compliance and Education and the Title IX Coordinator at Tulane University. In this role, Julia oversees Tulane’s response to Title IX complaints and maintains initiatives to sustain a safe climate for all university community members free from sexual harassment and sexual violence. Julia previously worked in Case Management and Victim Support Services at Tulane and has been employed with Tulane since 2012. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Tulane University, a Master’s degree in Social Work from Louisiana State University, and a clinical social work license.

Karen L. Miksch is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and Law at the University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities. She received her J.D. from the University of California, San Francisco in 1989. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a civil rights attorney in California and conducted over 150 trainings nationally on civil rights issues. Her current research focuses on access to higher education policy and law and the transition(s) to college and graduate school. Gender discrimination, Title IX, and sexual misconduct prevention are ongoing areas of policy research and expertise. She co-chaired the University of Minnesota’s President’s Initiative to Prevent Sexual Misconduct that utilized a public health model. Karen has presented her research at the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Public Forum, and at numerous conferences, including the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Karla is a first-gen PhD student, graduate researcher, and confidential survivor advocate in the Higher Education & Organizational Change program at the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies. Her research, scholarship and practice centers students of color impacted by campus sexual violence including their healing, resilience, and persistence in higher education. As a practitioner, Karla has developed and implemented various primary prevention strategies and survivor support efforts across several institutions, organizations, and campus communities. She has held various leadership positions in student affairs focused on creating equitable learning spaces for students, staff and faculty. Intersectionality, healing-centered and trauma-informed frameworks are critical components of her activism, resilience, and joy. She earned a double BA in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies from UC Riverside, a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California, and a MA in Higher Education from UCLA.

Kevin Coe is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. Professor Coe’s research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to better understand political communication, news media, and public opinion. He is the coauthor of two books, The Ubiquitous Presidency: Presidential Communication and Digital Democracy in Tumultuous Times (Oxford, 2021, with Joshua Scacco) and The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America (Oxford, 2010, with David Domke), as well as numerous research articles. Professor Coe teaches courses on media, strategic communication, political communication, and content analysis. He earned his Ph.D. in speech communication at the University of Illinois.