»Title IX Reporting Options

All University employees (faculty, staff, administrators, and student employees) are required to report any gender- or sex-based discrimination or harassment (this is inclusive of all alleged incidents of sexual violence) to a Title IX Coordinator. The only exceptions to this requirement are those individuals who are designated as privileged and confidential resources.

On-campus reporting options

These are individuals on campus who work with community concerns, including those related to sex- or gender-based harassment and discrimination, including sexual misconduct. They are available if you want to report an incident, share a concern, or have questions about the Title IX investigative and adjudicative process.

These individuals work with student(s)-to-student(s) matters:

Colleen Wood, Assistant Vice President and Associate Dean of Students
Title IX Coordinator
Argyros Forum 101
titleix@chapman.edu
Lauren Lockwood, Program Coordinator for Student Affairs
Argyros Forum 205
llockwood@chapman.edu
(714) 532-5056

Rachel Bargoot, Program Coordinator for Student Affairs
Argyros Forum 205
bargoot@chapman.edu
(714) 516-5649

These individuals work with matters involving faculty and staff:

Dennis Kwarteng, Director Equal Opportunity and Investigations
ADA/504 Officer and Deputy Title IX Coordinator
DeMille Hall Room 140
kwarteng@chapman.edu
(714) 997-6779
Victoria Isom
Senior Investigator
DeMille Hall Room 140
isom@chapman.edu
(714) 516-5191

These are additional reporting options on campus, but your report will be forwarded to the above offices:

Public Safety Department – (714) 997-6763
Available 24 hours 7 days a week
Dean of Students Office – (714) 997-6721
Office of Human Resources – (714) 997- 6686

Once an incident is reported to the University, it will be forwarded to a Title IX Coordinator to be reviewed.

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An individual who wishes to report prohibited conduct to Public Safety may contact Public Safety directly at 714-997-6763. Public Safety Dispatch is available 24/7, 265 days a year.

When prohibited contact is reported to Public Safety, Public Safety immediately notifies:

The Orange, Anaheim or Irvine Police Department, as appropriate, or the local law enforcement agency if outside of Orange, Anaheim or Irvine – The complainant can request that their name not be provided to the police and Public Safety will honor that request.
The Title IX Coordinator – The Title IX Coordinator or designee will provide outreach to the impacted student or employee to provide resources and reporting options.

If you want to report an assault, you may submit via an Sexual Assault Anonymous Report Form. The report can be made anonymously, as long as you select "Anonymous" as your relationship to Chapman. All reports are sent to the Title IX Coordinator.

An individual who wishes to make a report to law enforcement in addition to, or instead of, making a report to the University may contact law enforcement directly. The following phone numbers are for the various police departments in the areas surrounding Chapman's Orange and Rinker campuses. Please note that the numbers listed are NON-emergency numbers.

911 (for emergencies)
Orange Police Department
- (714) 744-7444
Anaheim Police Department
- (714) 765-1900
Irvine Police Department
- (949) 724-6000
Santa Ana Police Department
- (714) 245- 8665
Orange County Sheriff’s Department (Villa Park, North Tustin)
- (714) 647-7000

An individual has a right to report, or to not report, prohibited conduct to law enforcement. Reporting to law enforcement may start a criminal investigation and adjudication within the criminal justice system. A criminal investigation and process is separate from a University administrative investigation and process.

Should a student or employee obtain a restraining order against another individual, the student or employee is encouraged to share that information with the Title IX Coordinator and/or Public Safety so that the University can be prepared to assist in the enforcement of the restraining order.

Individuals with complaints of this nature also always have the right to file a formal complaint with the United States Department of Education:

Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
50 United Nations Plaza
Mail Box 1200, Room 1545
San Francisco, CA 94102

Phone: (415) 486-5555
Fax: (415) 486-5570
TDY: (800) 877-8339
Email: ocr.sanfrancisco@ed.gov
Web: http://www.ed.gov/ocr

»Title IX Reporting Options

On-campus reporting options

Working with Public Safety

Submitting an Anonymous Report

Reporting to Law Enforcement

Office of Civil Rights