Authors

Linda Boyd, J.D. (Lead Author) joined the Johns Hopkins Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) in 2015 as an Equity Compliance Investigator, became the Deputy Title IX Coordinator in 2016, served as the Interim Assistant Vice Provost and Title IX Coordinator from July 2019 to June 2020, and became the Assistant Vice Provost and Title IX Coordinator in January 2021. Prior to joining the university, Boyd practiced at a national employment law firm, where she investigated and litigated claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Boyd also served as an attorney for the Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, where she primarily focused on employment counseling and litigation. Boyd received her law degree cum laude from the Duke University School of Law and holds a master’s degree in psychology from the Duke University Graduate School.

Liz Hutchison’s, Ph.D., professional trajectory has been deeply shaped by the political and economic context of twentieth-century Latin America, particularly U.S. intervention and the spread of authoritarian regimes. Concerns about social justice, democracy, and human rights have driven her engagement with Chilean history, as well as the study of labor, gender, and sexuality in 20th-century Latin America. In addition to University of New Mexico (UNM), where she has worked since 1998, Hutchison has held Fulbright teaching fellowships at the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (2019) and the Universitat Romiro I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain (2005), as well as visiting positions at the Instituto de Desarollo Económico y Social, Argentina (2012), the Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer at the Universidad de Granada, Spain (2006), and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (1999). She advises History and Latin American Studies graduate students who work on Chile, Argentina, and other Latin American countries on topics ranging from LGBTQ, human rights, feminist, and indigenous movements to histories of reproduction and disability in twentieth-century Latin America. Since 2014, Hutchison has worked with Dr. Kimberly Gauderman on “Practicing Asylum,” a project to build a comprehensive network of expert witnesses available to testify on behalf of Latin American victims of domestic violence, LGBT discrimination, and mother-child detention. Co-founder of Faculty for a Sexual Assault-Free Environment at UNM (Faculty SAFE), Hutchison works to promote changes in policy, strengthen support and advocacy, and advance research on campus sexual violence, both at UNM and nationally. Since 2020, she has served as Associate Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, developing enhanced support to faculty and staff who experience bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment.

Cara Tuttle, J.D., has served as Director of the Vanderbilt University Project Safe Center since its founding in 2014. Tuttle previously served as the Associate Director for Student Accountability, Community Standards, and Academic Integrity at Vanderbilt University and as Director of Programs for the Women’s Center at Northwestern University. Tuttle holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, master of arts in women’s and gender studies from the University of Louisville, and her bachelor of science in political science from Ball State University, where she graduated summa cum laude. Tuttle provides institutional advocacy on aspects of University response systems and processes involving sexual violence and represents the University on the AAU Advisory Board on Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination and the National Academies Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. Tuttle is the chair of the Provost’s Sexual Misconduct Prevention Committee and the University’s ROTC Officer Education Sexual Assault Prevention Committee. Tuttle previously served as co-chair of the University’s Women’s Advancement and Equity (WAVE) Council. Tuttle serves as a Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Science within the department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, for which she teaches the Seminar on Gender and Violence. Recently, Tuttle co-authored Preventing Sexual Harassment and Reducing Harm by Addressing Abuses of Power in Higher Education Institutions for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.