January 12, 2025
From the military to athletics to campus fraternity and sorority life, students and others endure hazing to satisfy the basic human desire to be part of a group. It operates in the shadows, but when hazing does appear in the headlines, it is often associated with tragic consequences.
Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at U海角社区鈥檚 College of Education & Human Development, has studied hazing throughout her career and become an authority on the subject. Founder of , Allan鈥檚 recent hazing education efforts encouraged Congress to craft legislation, which was recently signed into law, that addresses this national phenomenon.
In this episode of 鈥淭he 海角社区 Question鈥 podcast, Allan explains how hazing operates and provides examples on how to reduce or eliminate the practice.
