Reporting Incidents

Who to Contact for Reporting Incidents

Because of the decentralized nature of the University of Chicago campus, it is sometimes difficult for students to know who to contact for reporting bias incidents, unlawful discrimination and harassment, or hate crimes. Currently on campus, students can access several formal and informal channels to assist when such incidents occur. To better document an incident, students should feel free to print and fill out a Recording Document to bring to one of the administrators recommended on this website. Click here to view and print the document.

The table below identifies University administrators and staff who serve as resources for students wishing to report an incident that has occurred in a particular location or that has involved a campus organization or group. If an incident does not fit within the realms highlighted below, or if the incident doesn’t appear in the table, students should be aware that four offices at the University will handle complaints or concerns in general: your academic area Dean of Students, the Office of the Vice-President and Dean of Students in the University, the Office of the Provost (particularly for issues involving faculty, administration, and staff), the Office of the Student Ombudsperson. In the case of unlawful discrimination or harassment, students should contact an Unlawful Harassment Complaint Advisor. 

Occurs in a... Examples of incidents Resource

...College residence hall

• A message on your whiteboard perceived as derogatory

• In a verbal exchange with your roommate over keeping the apartment clean, the roommate calls you different names

• Your Resident Head or Assistant Resident Head (RA), any of the Directors of Undergraduate Student Housing, or Director of Undergraduate Student Housing: Katie Callow-Wright, 2-7366

...University-owned graduate apartment building

• In a verbal exchange with your roommate over keeping the apartment clean, the roommate calls you different names

• A neighbor complains about a noise disturbance in a derogatory manner.

• NSA Area Manager

...University workplace

• A conflict with your supervisor, supervisees, or coworkers

• Your supervisor

• University HR Management

• Affirmative Action Officer: Aneesah Ali, 2-5671

...athletic facility, or involves intramural or varsity sports

• Personally directed remarks, perceived as derogatory, at an athletic facility

• Your coach

• Associate Athletic Director, Physical Education and Wellness: Brian Baldea, 2-4643

• Director of Athletics: Tom Weingartner, 2-7684

...University network

• Perceived harassment or threats via the Internet

• Networking Services and Information Technology (NSIT)

• Dean of Students in your academic area

...classroom or lab

Remarks perceived as derogatory, made about you by a classmate or faculty member

Dean of Students in your academic area

 

Involves... Examples of incidents Resource

...Student organizations (RSOs)

RSO posters are torn down and/or defaced

Director of the Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities: Sharlene Holly, 2-5226

...a fraternity or sorority

• Mistreatment at a fraternity or sorority house

• Concerns about hazing

• Associate Director of the Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities: Jigna Shah, 2-3343

• Director of the Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities: Sharlene Holly, 2-5226

....students of color

Personal attacks by other students or faculty/staff due to your race/ethnicity

• Deputy Dean of Students in the University and Director of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs: Ana Vazquez, 2-2724

• Dean of Students in your academic area

• Affirmative Action Officer: Aneesah Ali, 2-5671

...lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-gendered (LGBTQ) students

Personal attacks by other students or faculty/staff due to your sexual orientation or gender identification

• Co-directors of the LGBTQ Mentoring Program: Kathy Forde, 2-0569, or John Laseman, 2-9483

• LGBTQ Programming Interns: Amanda Armstrong or Daniel Rabe, 4-1005

• Dean of Students in your academic area

• Affirmative Action Officer: Aneesah Ali, 2-5671

...students with disabilities

• A campus building or area is inaccessible

• You are unable to go to a university event because of a disability		 • Assistant Dean of Students in the University for Student Affairs: Belinda Cortez Vazquez, 4-9710

...the University Police

• Perceived mistreatment by the University Police

• Executive Director of the University Police Department: Rudolph Nimocks, 2-8190

• Associate Dean of Students in the University for Student Affairs: Sheila Yarbrough, 2-7773

• Chair of Independent Review Committee for the UCPD

...a hate crime

Vandalism, personal injury, or threat of injury, motivated by your race, religion, sexual orientation, or other factor irrelevant to participation in the University community

• Police

• Dean-on-Call: 834-HELP

• Dean of Students in your academic area

• Your Resident Head

...a violation of the Policy on Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment

Repeated harassing statements or jokes motivated by your race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or other protected classes under law

• Affirmative Action Officer: Aneesah Ali, 2-5671

• Unlawful Harassment Complaint Advisor