Tamica Means began serving as the College’s first deputy Title IX coordinator on Jan. 13, according to a Daily Messages announcement on Feb. 5. Means has over 12 years of experience in Title IX education and outreach, according to the post. As of publication, Means did not respond to the Record’s requests for comment.

“Her responsibilities include receiving and responding to complaints of sex discrimination, sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, discrimination, and bias, developing and conducting workshops and trainings for students, administrative and academic units, and campus constituents to support a safe and respectful learning, working, and living campus community,” Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leticia S.E. Haynes ’99 wrote in an email to the Record.

Means joins Title IX Coordinator Toya Camacho as the second employee of the College’s Title IX office. The deputy Title IX coordinator is a new role.

Haynes declined to comment on the College’s decision to create the position and its hiring timeline.

Within the last year, the College’s Title IX office has been named in two complaints to the Department of Education filed by one recent alum and one current student, alleging that College administrators violated the Clery Act. One of the complainants, who was a victim of sexual assault, alleged that the College failed to maintain a no-contact order and the other alleged that the College failed to issue a timely warning of an ongoing threat. The Clery Act requires transparency from colleges and universities about crimes committed on campus.

The College’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR), another resource for students impacted by sexual misconduct, has experienced recent employee turnover with the departures of former Violence Prevention Coordinator Riley Kavanagh in November and former Director of the Prevention, Education, and Advocacy in Community (PEACe) Office Meg Bossong ’05 in May.

SAPR is currently overseen by the dean’s office, but will soon be under the jurisdiction of the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, according to Haynes. Once the transition occurs, SAPR will be renamed the Office of Intimate Violence Prevention and Response (OIVPR), and both OIVPR and the Title IX office will be under Haynes’ supervision.

Haynes said that a new OIVPR director and violence prevention coordinator will join the College in the near future.