The Questions We Asked....
How are history departments addressing issues of sexual harrassment?
The following questions were sent to select Southern history departments and were the source of this project.
We encourage any applicant to ask these questions as they apply for any program.
REPORTING GUIDELINES
Does your institution or department have guidelines for reporting sexual harassment?
POLICIES + PROCEDURES
Are incoming graduate students in your department offered guidance at the outset of their graduate education about sexual harassment guidelines?
- What is the nature of the dissemination of the department’s sexual harassment policies?
COUNT COMPLAINTS
How many formal complaints has your graduate program received in the past five years?
- What was the outcome of these complaints?
- How do you conduct investigations?
- What type of actions result from your investigations?