About Title IX

The Title IX Office serves as a centralized resource to support and provide assistance to all University students who have experienced or have been accused of gender-based misconduct; assists students who seek to bring complaints against University employees; and conducts investigations, facilitates alternative resolutions, and administers the disciplinary process related to gender-based misconduct and Title IX complaints against students from all schools within Columbia University, as well as Teachers College. Under the guidance of the Title IX coordinator ensures that the unique, individually based accommodations for pregnant students that Title IX requires are granted by coordinating with their professors and department administrators.

Who is the Title IX Coordinator?

Associate Vice President Marjory Fisher is Columbia University’s Title IX Coordinator, responsible for monitoring the university’s policies and procedures for resolving sexual and gender-based misconduct, harassment, and other complaints under Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in federally-funded educational institutions. 

What is a Title IX Coordinator?

The Title IX Coordinator works to ensure a safe, welcoming, and harassment free-environment for all members – students, faculty and staff – of the Columbia community.

Marjy oversees the prompt and fair investigation and resolution of all complaints related to sexual assault, gender-based harassment, intimate partner violence and stalking, and ensures that Columbia is in compliance with Title IX and state laws prohibiting gender-based discrimination. She also participates in the investigation of complaints as needed.

In addition, Marjy provides guidance on investigations, oversees Deputy Title IX Coordinators at the University, and is responsible for training University staff and others on Title IX issues.