Equal Opportunity & Outreach
WPI’s approach to preventing sexual misconduct is comprehensive and progressive. All members of the WPI community are protected by federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and transgender status.
WPI is committed to providing a learning, living, and working environment free from gender-based discrimination. It expresses the community's expectations in the Interim Title IX & Sexual Misconduct Policy.
Through this Interim Title IX & Sexual Misconduct Policy, WPI complies with applicable federal and state anti-discrimination laws, including but not limited to Title IX (which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities), Title VII (which prohibits unlawful discrimination in employment, including based on sex), Mass. Gen. Laws chapters 151B and 151C (the state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment and education based on sex), Massachusetts’ “An Act Relative To Sexual Violence On Higher Education Campuses (the state law that requires colleges to respond to sexual violence).
WPI strongly encourages any student, faculty member, or staff member who has concerns about sexual misconduct to seek the assistance of those listed below. WPI strongly encourages anyone who has information about sexual misconduct that may also be a crime to report it to the WPI Police Department. Confidential Resource Advisors are available to discuss your options without a report being made to WPI.
Please note, WPI cannot engage in any social media conversations about sexual misconduct or sexual assault. We strongly encourage our community to share any concerns of sexual misconduct or assault with the appropriate university resources.
What to Do When a Student Discloses Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Relationship Violence and/or Stalking
Harassment and Discrimination Policies
Meet the Team
WPI’s Equal Opportunity & Outreach Team includes the Director, Equal Opportunity & Outreach, Assistant Director, Equal Opportunity & Outreach/Investigator, Deputy Title IX Coordinators, and the Confidential Resource Advisors (CRA’s).
The Equal Opportunity & Outreach Team works closely with the Dean of Students Office (students) and Division of Talent & Inclusion (employees). Please reach out to titleix@wpi.edu with any questions.
Office of Equal Opportunity & Outreach
Stanley Horton, Ed.D.
Director, Equal Opportunity & Outreach/Title IX Coordinator
Division of Talent and Inclusion
Rubin Campus Center - RCC 233
508-831-6514
Ryan Duval
Assistant Director, Equal Opportunity & Outreach/Investigator
Division of Talent and Inclusion
Rubin Campus Center - RCC 233
508-831-6514
Deputy Title IX Coordinators
For Students
Christine Sharry, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Students
Division of Student Affairs
Rubin Campus Center
508-831-5658
For Faculty
Rev. Dr. Debora Jackson
Dean of WPI Business School
The Business School
Washburn Shops
508-831-5218
For Staff
Kathryn Keyes
Director, Talent Strategies
Division of Talent and Inclusion
Boynton Hall
508-831-5471