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Deputy Title IX Coordinators and Investigators

Mar 16, 2022

Deputy Title IX Coordinators and members of the investigative pool are staff and faculty who receive specialized training in Title IX, sexual and gender-based violence, sexual harassment and civil rights investigation. Deputy Title IX Coordinators and members of the investigative pool serve as part of the College’s formal complaint process to investigate incidents of sex or gender-based discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, retaliation, non-title IX sexual misconduct, and other civil rights grievances. In addition they serve additional roles in Title IX formal complaint process as advisors to the Respondent or Complainant, as hearing officers and decision makers, and on appeal panels. They receive training each academic year.

Deputy Title IX Coordinators

  • Sharon Merrill | semerrill@noctrl.edu
    • Director of Human Resources
  • Stephen Maynard Caliendo | smcaliendo@noctrl.edu
    • Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Susan Kane | smkane@noctrl.edu
    • Associate Athletic Director, Senior Woman Administrator, Athletics (All Sports & Fitness)
  • Mary Spreitzer | mspreitzer@noctrl.edu
    • Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, Human Resources
  • Steve Weaver | sgweaver@noctrl.edu
    • Dean of Students

Members of Investigative Pool

Sophie Hand, Professor, French, Modern & Classical Languages

Rebecca Skirvin, Coordinator of Archives

Mara Berkland, Professor, Communications

Beverly Menninger, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Master of Occupational Therapy Program

Sue Kane, Associate Athletic Director, Senior Woman Administrator

Lisa Long, Professor, English

Stephen Maynard Caliendo, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Rachel Pridgen, Director of Student Involvement and Transition Programs

Ashley Klco, Director of Campus Safety

Rebecca Gordon, Chief Diversity Officer, Assistant Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Title IX/504 Coordinator

Sharon Merrill, Director of Human Resources

Steve Weaver, Dean of Students

Supna Jain, Senior Lecturer in Communications

Rebecca Stafford, Associate Professor, English

Ann Dolinko, Professor in the Shimer Great Books School, Shimer Great Books

Bruce Spitzer, Chair and Professor, Education

Rosa Abbruscato, Assistant Director for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Michelle Sheperd, Assistant Director of Masters in Occupational Therapy

Tatiana Sifri, Director of the Dyson Wellness Center

Mary Spreitzer, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources

Jonathon Kirk, Chair and Associate Professor, Music

Karl Kelley, Professor, Psychology

Peter Barger, Associate Provost & Director of Institutional Effectiveness Tiffany Haski, Total Rewards Specialist, Human Resources

Title IX and Related Training

20-21 Academic Year

1. Hearing Officer and Decision Maker: Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) - 2020 and 2021

Sophie Hand, Professor, French, Modern & Classical Languages

Rebecca Skirvin, Coordinator of Archives

Mara Berkland, Professor, Communications

Beverly Menninger, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Master of Occupational Therapy Program

Sue Kane, Associate Athletic Director, Senior Woman Administrator

Lisa Long, Professor, English

Stephen Maynard Caliendo, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Rachel Pridgen, Director of Student Involvement and Transition Programs

Ashley Klco, Director of Campus Safety

Rebecca Gordon, Chief Diversity Officer, Assistant Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Title IX/504 Coordinator

Sharon Merrill, Director of Human Resources

Steve Weaver, Dean of Students

Supna Jain, Senior Lecturer in Communications

Rebecca Stafford, Associate Professor, English

Ann Dolinko, Professor in the Shimer Great Books School, Shimer Great Books

Bruce Spitzer, Chair and Professor, Education

Rosa Abbruscato, Assistant Director for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Michelle Sheperd, Assistant Director of Masters in Occupational Therapy

Tatiana Sifri, Director of the Dyson Wellness Center

Mary Spreitzer, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources

2. Hearing Advisor Training (ATIXA)

Rachel Pridgen, Director of Student Involvement and Transition Programs

3. Investigator IV Training (ATIXA)

Jonathon Kirk, Chair and Associate Professor, Music

Karl Kelley, Professor, Psychology

Peter Barger, Associate Provost & Director of Institutional Effectiveness

Tiffany Haski, Total Rewards Specialist, Human Resources