Hazing Study

Hazing in View: College Students at Risk
Initial Findings from the National Study of Student Hazing

March 11, 2008

Presented by
Elizabeth J. Allan, Ph.D., Associate Professor
&
Mary Madden, Ph.D., Associate Professor

University of Maine

College of Education and Human Development

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• Executive Summary

• Introduction

• Overview

• National Study Goals & Methods

• Findings

• Implications and Recommendations

• Summary

• Works Cited/Notes/Acknowledgements

• Appendices

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Works Cited

Allan, E.  & Madden, M.  (2005).   Examining and transforming campus hazing cultures: Pilot study report.  www.hazingstudy.org.

Ellsworth, C.  (2004).  Definitions of hazing: Differences among selected student organizations.  Unpublished master's thesis, University of Maryland.

Gervais, J.  (2000).  A lost season: The nature, culture, and prevention of athletic team hazing.  Unpublished master's thesis, University of Vermont. 

Holmes, H.  (1999).  The role of hazing in the sorority pledge process.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Hoover, N. & Pollard, N.  (1999).  Initiation rites and athletics: A national survey of NCAA sports teams.  Alfred University and Reidman Insurance Co., Inc.

Hoover, N. & Pollard, N.  (2000).  Initiation rites in American high schools: A national survey.  Alfred University.  Retrieved from: www.alfred.edu/hs_hazing.

Johnson, J.  (2000).  Sport hazing experiences in the context of anti-hazing policies—the case of two southern Ontario universities.  Unpublished master's thesis, University of Toronto.

Jones, R. L.  (2004).  Black haze: Violence, sacrifice, and manhood in Black Greek-letter fraternities.  Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Lowery, K. L.  (1998).  The perceived effectiveness of administrative intervention programs to decrease fraternity hazing at independent and church-related colleges in Ohio.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo.

McGlone, C.  (2005).  Hazing in N.C.A.A. Division I Women's Athletics: An Exploratory Analysis.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of New Mexico.

Nuwer, H. (2000).  High school hazing: When rites become wrongs.  New York:Grolier Publishing.

Nuwer, H. (1999).  Wrongs of passage: Fraternities, sororities, hazing and binge drinking. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Nuwer, H.  (1990).  Broken pledges: The deadly rite of hazing.  Atlanta:Longstreet Press.

Shaw, D.  (1992).  A national study of sorority hazing incidents in selected land-grant institutions of higher learning.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Auburn University.

www.StopHazing.org

Notes

*The survey used in the NCAA/Alfred study provided a foundation from which to construct the survey for this investigation.  Both Norm Pollard, one of the lead researchers for that study, and Hank Nuwer, an advisor to that research were exceedingly helpful in working with us to construct the list of hazing behaviors provided in the survey. 

**We would like to acknowledge Tim Marchell, Travis Apgar, and TJ Sullivan's contribution to explaining the hidden harm of hazing.

Acknowledgments

This investigation could not have been possible without the support and involvement of many committed individuals who gave of their time and expertise as well as professional organizations and associations who supported the project financially.  In particular, the North American Interfraternal Foundation (NIF) played a leadership role in building a broad-based coalition to support this initiative.  We would especially like to recognize members and past members of the Executive Board of NIF for their assistance including: David Coyne, Dick McKaig, Louise Kier Zirretta, Ken Tracey, Cindy Stellhorn, Sid Dunn, and Terry Hogan.

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