If you need immediate assistance you may contact Harvard’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Resources and Education (SHARE) Counselors at +1 (617) 495-9100. This hotline is available available 24/7 for, among other issues, sexual harassment, stalking, domestic violence, and dating concerns.

Title IX Resource Coordinators are available to Harvard community members “impacted by sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct.” The coordinator for our department is Seth Avakian (avakian@fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-9583). Contacting these coordinators is not the same as filing a formal Title IX complaint. The coordinators are available to help you make that decision and provide resources to address specific situations.

If you observe or are involved in a situation but are unsure of what to do, please contact Harvard's Office of Gender Equity (OGE). Contacting the OGE is not the same as a formal Title IX complaint and is completely anonymous.

Title IX Resource Coordinators are available to Harvard community members “impacted by sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct.” The coordinators for our department are Seth Avakian (avakian@fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-9583) and Danielle Farrell (farrell@fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5005). Contacting these coordinators is not the same as filing a formal Title IX complaint. These coordinators are available to help you make that decision and provide resources to address specific situations.

If you observe or are involved in a situation but are unsure of what to do, please contact Harvard's Office of Gender Equity (OGE). Contacting the OGE is not the same as a formal Title IX complaint and is completely anonymous.

If you experience or observe racial discrimination, you may contact Harvard’s anonymous reporting hotline. This process is anonymous and complaints are sent to an independent third-party. While this process is anonymous, you may still follow-up with the status of your concern. This process can be initiative over the phone or online.

For anyone experiencing a mental health crisis, Harvard’s Counseling and Mental Health Service (CAMHS) maintains a 24/7 hotline that can be reached at (617) 495-2042.

Several resources are available to graduate students and postdocs that the department encourages anyone to take advantage of. Importantly, the medical insurance provided by Harvard (available to graduate students and postdocs) offers 8 therapy sessions free of charge at off-campus providers each year. Additional therapy sessions (up to 52) are offered with a $35 copayment. Resources are available through CAMHS to help connect you with a local therapist.

If you experience violations of law, regulation, contract or University policy, you may contact Harvard’s anonymous reporting hotline. This process is anonymous and complaints are sent to an independent third-party. While this process is anonymous, you may still follow-up with the status of your concern. This process can be initiative over the phone or online.

You may contact the Contract Enforcement and Education Committee to report workplace misconduct even if you aren’t a member of the Harvard Graduate Student Union. This process is anonymous until or unless you chose otherwise, and a trained officer will help develop a plan of action.

If you experience a situation that might otherwise be addressed by a Human Resources department, you may contact Harvard’s anonymous reporting hotline. This process is anonymous and complaints are sent to an independent third-party. While this process is anonymous, you may still follow-up with the status of your concern. This process can be initiative over the phone or online.

Harvard’s anonymous reporting hotline covers a range of situations not explicitly described above. This process is anonymous and complaints are sent to an independent third-party. While this process is anonymous, you may still follow-up with the status of your concern. This process can be initiative over the phone or online.

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