A Research Advisory Group has been established to inform and guide project design and assist in obtaining project funding. Members currently include (in alphabetical order):

• Ms. Jessica Bartter, Assistant Director for Marketing and Communications of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS)
• Dr. Ron Binder, Associate Director of Residence Life for Greek Affairs, Bowling Green State University; President, Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA)
• Dr. Kent Blumenthal, Executive Director, National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)
• Ms. Martha Brown, Past Chairman, National Panhellenic Conference (NPC)
• Mr. Mike Cleary, Executive Director, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
• Mr. David Coyne, Chairman, North-American Interfraternal Foundation
• Mr. Gary Dickstein, Assistant Vice President/Director Student Judicial Affairs, Wright State University; representing Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA)
• Dr. Gwen Dungy, Executive Director, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
• Dr. Danell Haines, Director, National Research Institute for College Recreational Sports & Wellness, The Ohio State University
• Dr. Debbie E. Heida, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment and Dean of Students, Berry College
• Mr. Tom Helmbock, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
• Dr. Terrence Hogan, Vice President for Educational and Student Services, University of Northern Iowa, Past Chair of NASPA Knowledge Community on Fraternity/Sorority Life
• Ms. Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting, Assistant Director, Student Life and Leadership Coordinator, Orientation Programs at CalPoly; representing the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA)
• Mr. Bob London, National Executive Director, Professional Fraternity Executives Association
• Ms. Mary Beth Mackin, Assistant Dean of Student Life, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; representing the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA)
• Dr. Richard McKaig, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs & faculty member in Student Affairs & Higher Education, Indiana University
• Mr. Hank Nuwer, Professor of Journalism, Franklin College
• Mr. John Ogle, Director of Education and Research, National Association for Campus Activities (NACA)
• Dr. Laura Osteen, Director of Leadership Programs, Florida State University; representing the American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
• Dr. Norm Pollard, Dean of Students, Alfred University
• Dr. Judith Ramaley President, Winona State University
• Dr. John Schuh, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Iowa State University; representing the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
• Dr. William Smedick, Special Assistant to the Dean of Student Life, Johns Hopkins University, representing the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA)
• Dr. Stephen Sweet, Professor of Sociology, Ithaca College
• Ms. Cindy Stellhorn, President, North-American Interfraternal Foundation
• Ms. Mary Wilfert, Assistant Director of Education and Outreach, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
• Ms. Louise Kier Zirretta, past President of the North American Interfraternal Foundation (NIF)

Project Personnel:

The project will be carried out by Principal Investigator Elizabeth Allan, Ph.D. with Project Director Mary Madden, Ph.D.

Dr. Allan is an Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine where she teaches courses for the Masters and Doctoral degree programs in Higher Educational Leadership. She has written a number of essays, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on the topic of hazing, and is co-founder and manager of the educational website, www.StopHazing.org . She has been interviewed about hazing for numerous media outlets including: National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated , TeenPeople , Glamour , Rolling Stone , British Cosmopolitan , Good Housekeeping , the Congressional Quarterly , and the PBS documentary, Unless a Death Occurs . Her research related to campus climate has been published in the Harvard Educational Review (2003), the Maine Journal of Education (Spring 2004), Innovative Higher Education (2005), the Journal of Higher Education (2006) and the Review of Higher Education (2006).

Dr. Mary Madden is an Assistant Research Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine where she is a faculty member in the Center for Research and Evaluation. She is currently coordinating the evaluation of a school-based initiative in youth suicide prevention and intervention, school-based bullying prevention programs, and several initiatives aimed at improving the health of youth. Another of her current research project examines how middle level schools can work with girls to: (1) increase their understanding of societal messages and pressures which encourage girl-to-girl meanness, betrayal, and fighting; and (2) encourage girls to build alliances with each other.