Checklist

A step-by-step guide to help support individuals targeted by online harassment. Please note, this checklist is not intended to create a contract between the University of 欧美口爆视频 and community members. Academic Affairs reserves the right to change or eliminate any of the language at its discretion and without notice.

A downloadable version is also available. If you can鈥檛 locate the information you need, reach out to the Office of Victim Assistance.

  • Record what is happening:
    • Describe the nature of the harassment
    • When did it start
    • How has it developed
    • Preserve screenshots/save copies of the messages.
    • Where is it happening (emails, social media (name which ones), voicemail, classroom, office, lab, home, other)
    • Whom is it affecting
  • Identify the targeted individual鈥檚 concern(s)
  • Report to law enforcement and help to engage in safety planning for the targeted individual and others who are affected
  • Consult with 欧美口爆视频 Boulder鈥檚 Behavioral Intervention Team & Threat Assessment team
  • Consider 鈥渕uting鈥 the communication channel(s)鈥攑hone, email account, social media account鈥攚here the harassment is happening (but do not deactivate, delete, or turn your social media accounts private)
  • Communicate and coordinate with the targeted individual鈥檚 chair/director/PI
  • Communicate and coordinate with the targeted individual鈥檚 dean
  • Communicate and coordinate with the Provost鈥檚 Office
  • Communicate with others in the unit who may have a need to know (i.e., administrative staff who answer the phone)
  • Communicate and coordinate with Strategic Relations and Communications and others regarding whether, and if so how, to respond
  • Consult with the  about cyberidentity protection
  • Communicate and coordinate with academic personnel regarding mitigating potential effects on the targeted individual鈥檚 work
  • Targeted individuals should consider contacting 欧美口爆视频 Boulder鈥檚 Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance to discuss and report harassment on the basis of protected class (e.g., race, color, national origin, pregnancy, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran or military service status, marital status, political affiliation or political philosophy). University policy requires that supervisors and targeted individuals report promptly any protected class harassment.
  • Consider seeking personal support鈥攐r facilitating for the targeted individual and others鈥攆rom Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) or the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP)
  • Consult with 欧美口爆视频 Boulder鈥檚 Ombuds Office for help navigating any part of the process.