Equity Programs & Compliance

Cozen O’Connor Releases Systemwide and SF State-specific Assessment

Cozen O’Connor has completed its assessment of how the CSU and its campuses respond to reports and incidents of Discrimination and Harassment. Through a series of interviews, campus visits, survey results and email feedback, they have identified core observations for improvements at both the system and campus levels. The recommendations from this assessment will guide and help us improve our Title IX and Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation (DHR) training, awareness, prevention, intervention, compliance and support systems. 

Please see the full systemwide report, systemwide summary report and the SF State-specific report. They can also be found on the CSU’s Commitment to Change website. For additional information and context, please read SF State President Lynn Mahoney's message sent to the campus community on July 17, 2023. 

SF State's Implementation Plan

Since August 2023, SF State’s Cozen Report Implementation Team met regularly and worked in close collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office’s Civil Rights Programming and Services Unit to develop SF State’s Implementation Plan. The Implementation Plan outlines the university's detailed strategy to respond to each recommendation from Cozen O'Connor and our plan to improve Title IX and DHR Programs at SF State.

Read the Implementation Plan here

The Implementation Plan will be updated on the link above in live time as additional tasks are completed.

SF State's Implementation Team

  • Jamillah Moore, Vice President, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, co-chair
  • Anna Titus, Assistant Vice President for Title IX and DHR, co-chair
  • Lori Makin-Byrd, Interim Title IX Coordinator (2023-24 co-chair)
  • Ingrid Williams, Associate Vice President of Human Resources
  • Janet Remolona, Personnel and Academic Affairs Officer, Lam Family College of Business
  • Mirna Vasquez, Office Coordinator of the Academic Senate
  • Iese Esera, graduate student in Public Administration (2023-2024)
  • Brandon Foley, President, Associated Students (2024-2025)
  • Mai Nhung Le, Professor, Asian American Studies
  • Loan Le, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies
  • Santhi Kavuri-Bauer, Professor, School of Art
  • Persis Karim, Professor, Neda Nobari Chair in Iranian Diaspora Studies 
  • Jeff Greensite, Professor, Physics & Astronomy
  • Fred Smith, Associate Vice President for Equity and Community Inclusion
  • Carleen Mandolfo, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Development
  • Pam Su, Associate Dean of Students (Fall 2023)
  • Alison Kleaver, University Counsel
  • Mia Reisweber, (co-facilitator), Associate Dean of Students
  • Teddy Albiniak, (co-facilitator), University Ombuds and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Office of the President

SF State's Communications to the entire Campus Community about Implementation Plan:

 

Notice of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender or Sex

San Francisco State University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, which includes sex and gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation in its education programs or activities. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and certain other federal and state laws, prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation in employment, as well as in all education programs and activities operated by the University (both on and off-campus). The protection against discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation includes sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, and gender-based dating and domestic violence, and stalking. Please see the systemwide Notice of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender or Sex.