Understanding Your Options
If you have been affected by any form of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct, reporting what has happened can help ensure your safety and provide you with resources for coping with the impacts of what you have experienced.
There are several options for beginning a conversation about what has happened. The option you choose is up to you and will depend on your needs and the kind of response you want. In most cases, your decision to make a report will not automatically result in a formal investigation unless that is what you want. If you want more support and information for understanding your reporting options, please contact the EOA office.
Retaliation is Prohibited - Retaliation is defined as intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination against any person by the recipient, a student, or an employee or other person authorized by the recipient to provide aid, benefit, or service under the recipient's education program or activity, for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by Title IX or the regulations, or because the person has reported possible sex discrimination, made a sex-discrimination complaint, or participated or refused to participate in any way in a recipient's Title IX process.
Peer retaliation, which is defined as retaliation by one student against another student, is also prohibited.
Sexual Harassment Resources Information Sheet
