Meet the Team

The Office of Equity and Compliance staff are available Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm. If you have questions, would like to make a report or need assistance, you may contact any of our staff listed below. If outside of office hours and in need of immediate assistance, please call 911 or contact the University Police Department at 907-786-1120.

Sara Childress, M.S.W.

Director of OEC, Title IX Coordinator, and 504 Coordinator
(907) 786-6086
sgchildress@alaska.edu

Ben Stevens, J.D.

Civil Rights and Title IX Investigator
(907) 786-4788
bjstevens3@alaska.edu

Staff Training Information

Sara's Trainings
- Title IX and BIT Working Together I December 2022 I Institutional Compliance Solutions
- UA Disability Services Conference I November 2022 I UA DSS
- Proposed Title IX Regulations - Steps to Take Now I July 2022 I ATIXA
- What You Need to Know About the New Title IX Notice of Proposed Rulemaking I June 2022 I ATIXA
- Violence Against Womens Act Webinar I March 2022 I TNG Consulting
- 20 Minutes to trained: First Amendment Primer Module I February 2022 I ATIXA
- Investigative Strategy & Best Practices I November 2021 I Joseph Vincent, M.L.S. & Alisha Carter Harris, M.S.
- Exploring the Effects of the Cardona Decision on Cross-Examination and Live Hearings I September 2021 I TNG Consulting
- Title IX in a Post Regulatory World I October 2020 I Grand River Solutions
- Section 504 Coordinator Training and Certificate | January 2020 | TNG Consulting
- Office of Civil Rights Title IX Regulations Training and Certificate Level 4 | January 2020 | ATIXA
- Title VII Training | December 2019 | TNG Consulting
- Title IX Coordinator Training & Certification | July 2018 |Academic Impressions
- Trauma Informed Sexual Assault Investigation & Victim Interviewing | May 2018 | APSC
- Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault | May 2018 | DVSA
Ben's Trainings
- Beyond the Handbook: Recent Developments in Clery Act Compliance I May 2023 I NACCOP
- Clery Act Webinar Series #7: Violence Against Women Act I April 2023 I NACCOP
- Workplace Protections for Pregnant and Postpartum workers under Federal Law I March 2023 I A Better Balance
- Timely Warnings and Emergency Notification I March 2023 I NACCOP
- Title IX and Civil Rights - Title IX Advisors - Open Discussion I March 2023 I Dan Schorr LLC
- How to Conduct a Trauma-Informed, Survivor-Centered Investigation I March 2023 I Perkins Coie
- Higher Ed 2022 Year End Review I January 2023 I Institutional Compliance Solutions
- Title IX and BIT Working Together I December 2022 I Institutional Compliance Solutions
- UA Disability Services Conference I November 2022 I UA DSS
- Disabilities Awareness and Solutions for an Inclusive Work Environment- CBPP DEI&B Workshop I October 2022 I UAA CBPP
- #Oopsisms - CBPP DEI&B Workshop I October 2022 I UAA CBPP
- Pregnancy Discrimination Updates I October 2022 I NACUA
- Title IX and Civil Rights - Conducting Timely Investigation and Hearings I September 2022 I Dan Schorr LLC
- 20 Minutes to trained: Role of the Investigator I September 2022 I ATIXA
- Time with IX - The Case for Mandatory Dismissals I August 2022 I ATIXA
- Proposed Title IX Regulations - Steps to Take Now I July 2022 I ATIXA
- What You Need to Know About the New Title IX Notice of Proposed Rulemaking I June 2022 I ATIXA
- 2022 Draft Title IX Regulations: A Summary I June 2022 I Grand River Solutions
- Violence Risk Assessment with NABITA Endorsement I June 2022 I TNG Consulting
- Understanding Doe v. Fairfax County School Board I June 2022 I ATIXA
- Violence Against Womens Act Webinar I March 2022 I TNG Consulting
- EEO for New Investigators I March 2022 I EEOC Training Institute
- No Contact Orders and No Contact Directives I March 2022 I TNG Consulting
- 20 Minutes to trained: First Amendment Primer Module I February 2022 I ATIXA
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee I February 2022 I Judge Thomas R. Mulroy, Ret. Mediator, Arbitrator Resolute Systems, LLC
- 2021 Higher Ed Year-End Review I January 2022 I Institutional Compliance Solutions
- Illinois CLE Sexual Harassment Prevention I December 2021 I Sukrat Baber, J.D.
- Illinois CLE Advanced Legal Writing I December 2021 I Kathleen Dillion Narko, Clinical Professor of Law
- Investigative Strategy & Best Practices I November 2021 I Joseph Vincent, M.L.S. & Alisha Carter Harris, M.S.
- One Policy, Two Procedures - Part 3 I November 2021 I ATIXA
- NCBI Social Inclusion & Equity Workshop I November 2021 I UAA NCBI
- One Policy, Two Procedures - Part 2 I October 2021 I ATIXA
- Civil Rights Investigator Three: Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment Case Processing and Resolution I October 2021 I ATIXA
- One Policy, Two Procedures - Part 1 I October 2021 I ATIXA
- Exploring the Effects of the Cardona Decision on Cross-Examination and Live Hearings I September 2021 I TNG Consulting

Title IX Liaisons

There are Title IX liaisons at each satellite campus of UAA. The liaisons can assist by providing information on Title IX, including the reporting process and supports available. They can provide assistance in making a Title IX report to the Office of Equity and Compliance at UAA, or provide confidential resources available for their campus.