Responsible Employees at Elon:

Responsible Employees include staff with the following titles and/or roles regardless of title:

  • Members of Elon University Campus Safety and Police staff
  • Members of Elon’s Senior Staff
  • Office of Human Resources Staff
  • Anyone with a Director, Associate Director, and Assistant Director Title
  • Staff in the Office of the Dean of Students including the Office of Student Conduct and Student Care and Outreach
  • Supervisors of student employees and professional employees
  • Residence Life staff (including student staff; resident assistants and apartment managers)
  • Athletic Department staff including coaching staff
  • Study Away program leaders
  • All supervisors of student employees and professional employees
  • Advisors of student organizations
  • Student Employees*

Faculty with the following titles and/or roles regardless of title:

  • Anyone with a Director, Associate Director, and Assistant Director Title
  • All Academic Deans, Associate Deans, and Assistant Deans
  • All School Directors, Associate, and Assistant School Directors
  • Academic deans and department chairs
  • Directors and coordinators of academic and campus programs
  • Advisors of student organizations
  • Supervisors of student employees and professional employees
  • Study Away program leaders

Any individual designated by Elon to have the duty to report alleged sexual misconduct, sexual harassment and/or related retaliation and who fails to report such conduct may be subjected to disciplinary action.

Any employee with questions about their reporting obligations should contact the Title IX Coordinator.

*Student Employees: For Student Employees, they are only Responsible Employees when they are working in their role, not when in their role as students in classrooms, experiential learning, and social settings.

Responsible Employees are required to promptly report all known information about an incident of sexual harassment, interpersonal violence, sexual misconduct, and sex and/or gender-based discrimination to the university’s Title IX Coordinator. These reports will be made to Title IX staff and will include information shared with them such as:

  • Names of individuals involved
  • Type of incident
  • Location of incident
  • Date & Time of incident
  • Any other pertinent information shared with them

Faculty and Staff with questions about their Responsible Employee status should contact Title IX staff for clarification and training if necessary.