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.
Background
Marjy brings extensive legal and investigative experience to her post. She joined Columbia from T&M Protection Resources, where she served as Senior Managing Director of the Sexual Misconduct Consulting & Investigations Division. Marjy was formerly Bureau Chief of the Special Victims Bureau in the Queens District Attorney’s Office for 22 years, and prior to that served for eight years as Assistant District Attorney in the Sex Crimes Bureau and supervising Trial Attorney in the Homicide Bureau of the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney’s Office.
In her capacity at T&M, Marjy conducted sensitive investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct as well as provided Title IX trainings for investigators, adjudicators, faculty, administrators, staff and students at a wide range of colleges, universities and K-12 private and public schools. She also provided sexual harassment and investigations training for various private businesses and non-profit institutions.
Marjy has been a St. John’s University Law School Adjunct Professor, where she taught a course on Sexual Assault and Family Violence. She is the recipient of multiple awards for excellence in trial work and the pursuit of justice, including recognition from the Mt. Sinai Rape Crisis and Intervention Program and the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University’s National Law Center.
See Title IX Coordinators for Barnard and Teachers College
How do I get in contact with the Title IX Coordinator?
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Office Location
80 Claremont Ave
4th Floor room 405
New York, NY, 10115
Phone
Office: 212-853-1276
Mobile: 917-509-0405
Title IX Frequently Asked Questions
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.