Sharyn Potter

Sharyn Potter's Articles

  • At the University of Montana, students must complete a mandatory bystander intervention training course based off of PIRC's Bringing in the Bystander In-Person Prevention Program.
  • PIRC researchers, Sharyn Potter, Rebecca Howard, Sharon Murphy, and Mary Moynihan, have published a new study in the Journal of American College Health focusing on the long-term educational and...
  • In December, WMCC formed a Task Force comprised of students, faculty, staff and representatives of WMCC's three local domestic and sexual violence crisis centers.
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    The Importance of Cultural Change

    PIRC co-directors, Sharyn Potter and Jane Stapleton, outline a framework for reducing sexual harassment in the workplace in the January 2018 edition of Business NH Magazine.
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    What if an App Could Help Prevent College Student Sexual Assault

    Laura Black, Illinois School and Campus Safety Program Coordinator uSafeUS is featured on page 4 of the December issue of Illinois School & Campus Safety News.
  • PIRC's Sharyn Potter is quoted in thisNew York Timesarticle about the importance of bystander intervention in the era of the #MeToo social change campaign.
  • PIRC's Sharyn Potter and Robert Eckstein are quoted in this New York Times article, discussing the effectiveness of bystander intervention training and its use to combat sexual harassment in the...
  • PIRC Co-Director, Jane Stapleton, participated in a Congressional Roundtable on Promoting Healthy Relationships in K-12 Education and Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence on College Campuses...
  • PIRC researchers examine best practices in campus sexual violence prevention programs in this article featured in the Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research. Click here to read.
  • Prevention Innovations Research CenterresearcherRebecca Howardshares her own experience at theuSafeUSpress briefing.
  • Rebekah Lodos Eighty-seven percent of returning students to the University of Kansas report feeling more confident in their ability to participate in bystander intervention after completing the...
  • Alfredo Carrillo and Christian Paz The UN Women 2017 HeForShe report, released Wednesday morning, commended Georgetown for its efforts to counter gender-based violence through sexual assault...
  • TJ Evarts '21, a chemical engineering major, helped develop the recently launched prevention appuSafeUSaimed at helping victims of sexual assault on college campuses connect with resources.
  • Meaghan Craig Starting this year, faculty and staff at the University of Saskatchewan will attend "Bringing in the Bystander" training and share what they learned with students on how to prevent...
  • PIRC researchers find that campus sexual assault significantly affects academics.
  • In recognition of their extraordinary community outreach initiatives, four member universities of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have been selected as regional winners...
  • Kate Rohdenburg, program director for WISE, has recieved the annual Practitioner Award from the Prevention Innovations Research Center at the University of ʤ.
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    The Second Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault

    In this report from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, Bringing in the Bystander® is cited as a prevention program that works to "increase college students’...
  • The "Bringing in the Bystander" Program is mentioned directly in this opinion piece by Georgetown University student, Olivia Hinerfeld, about the importance of bystander intervention on college...
  • PIRC Director, Sharyn Potter, is quoted in this article discussing how to confront offensive speech.
  • PIRC Director, Sharyn Potter, is quoted in this article discussing how to confront offensive speech.
  • PIRC Executive Director of Practice, Sharyn Potter, is quoted in this Vox article about how to intervene in uncomfortable situations.
  • PIRC Executive Director of Practice, Sharyn Potter, is quoted in this New York Times article about confronting offensive speech.
  • Campus sexual assault prevention app uSafeNH is now available for download—coverage from Foster's Daily Democrat.
  • PIRC's Caroline Leyva is quoted in this NPR story on collaboration between parents and schools to facilitate a dialogue on sexual assault prevention.
  • Prevention Innovations in the media: University of Manitoba Today News
  • Prevention Innovations Research Center in the media: ʤ to develop app for sexual assault survivors
  • Prevention Innovations Research Center in the Toronto Star
  • Prevention Innovations Research Center in the media: You don’t need two Swedish men at Stanford to stop a rape
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    ʤ Receives $25,000 Grant to Develop App for College Sexual Assault Survivors

    Thanks to funding from the ʤ Charitable Foundation (NHCF), and several statewide partnerships, students, faculty and staff at 23 ʤ colleges and universities will have instant...
  • Prevention Innovations Research Center co-director and sociology professor Sharyn Potter is quoted in "Folha de S. Paulo," a Brazilian news outlet.
  • ʤ-developed app wins $25K Entrepreneurs Fund Grant
  • USAFENH Will Be Launched with Help from $25,000 Grant
  • 4 Questions You Need to Ask Your Future College Before You Go There
  • This Is Why Every College Is Talking About Bystander Intervention
  • The Prevention Innovations Research Center (PIRC) at the University of ʤ recognized the work of Kathy Beebe, executive director of HAVEN, the largest nonprofit agency in the state...
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    Winner, Winner, Innovators’ Dinner

    At its fifth annual Innovators' Dinner last week, ʤInnovation (ʤI) made good on its mission to recognize the full sweep of innovation, including intellectual property and creative work as well as...
  • Thursday, October 1, Prevention Innovations Research Center at ʤ received the ʤ Innovator of the Year award from the University of ʤ's ʤInnovation. Through research at ʤ, the...
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    ʤ Center Releases Sexual Assault Prevention Findings to White House

    DURHAM, N.H. -- Prevention Innovations Research Center (PIRC) at the University of ʤ released important findings today in a report, “It’s Not Just the What but the How,” prepared for the...
  • Prevention Innovations will use the two-year, $579,301 grant to create an interactive intervention video game that can be used on mobile devices and the web.
College of Liberal Arts, Women's Studies Program
sharyn.potter@unh.edu