Hazing Prevention Resources

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Guides

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Presentations

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Publications

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Policy Briefs

Hazing Prevention Policy and Practice Insights

The following resources are aimed at quality hazing prevention that will reduce the number and severity of incidents and increase student safety and wellbeing. Together, we can work towards a safer and more respectful community.

Guides

Modeling Hazing from High School to College and College to Organizations

The Piazza Center Horizontal Campus Hazing Model offers a thorough perspective on how individual participation in hazing, intergroup dynamics, and group relationships interact within communities. This model serves as a framework for the accompanying monograph, assisting practitioners in shaping prevention and intervention strategies. 

Utilizing the Horizontal Hazing Model in Prevention

This guide is designed for campus and organizational professionals and volunteers, encouraging them to consider and implement the model at individual, organizational, and community levels. 

Enacting Change at All Levels of the Horizontal Hazing Model

Multilevel strategies reduce hazing. This guide reviews six individual, six organizational, and six community levels strategies.

Employing Situational Strength in Hazing Prevention 

Situational strength (Meyer et al., 2010) suggests that environmental cues signal individuals and organizations about what behaviors are accepted and valued. 

Intervening Ideas for Group Advisors

Alumni offer practical insights on strategies to combat hazing mindsets within chapters

Creating a Peer Mentor and Mentee Program

Well-executed peer mentoring programs can significantly enhance feelings of belonging, mental well-being, persistence, and retention within organizations and campuses. This guide assists in crafting positive mentoring initiatives. 

Utilizing Data for Effective Hazing Prevention Programs

Researchers categorize campus data into four types—diagnostic data, implementation data, efficacy data, and data usage—to inform hazing prevention initiatives. This guide delineates four essential activities to enhance hazing prevention efforts, based on the What Works prevention study. 

Ensuring Fidelity for Hazing Prevention Program Implementation

Effective hazing prevention necessitates thorough assessment. This guide emphasizes the importance of assurance, capacity, and saturation in developing and executing impactful hazing prevention programs that can significantly reduce the incidence and severity of hazing. 

Analyzing hazing and Related Behaviors: A Solutions-Focused Approach 

This comprehensive literature review presents an in-depth understanding of hazing and prevention from high school through college. The monograph is structured around the interplay of individual engagement in hazing, intergroup dynamics, and group relationships. Key features include a Hazing Prevention Matrix, practical case studies, and a detailed Horizontal Campus Hazing Model. The Piazza Center collaborated with Dr. Pietro Sasso, Research Fellow, and Dr. Bryan Joyce, Scholar, in January 2021 to conduct a thorough review of hazing prevention literature. In Fall 2021, in partnership with Dr. Patrick Biddix from the University of Tennessee, this initiative expanded with support from the North American Interfraternity Conference, with Dr. Emily Perlow joining the team. 

Staffing Impact of University Fraternity and Sorority Programs on Student Success

Initial findings indicate a potential correlation between staffing models and chapter-level outcomes. 

Hazing Prevention Strategies

The Piazza Center’s hazing prevention strategies offer evidence-based guidance to help students, organizations, and campus partners build safer, healthier communities. Grounded in national research and Penn State’s leadership in prevention efforts, the document outlines practical steps any group can take to reduce risk, strengthen accountability, and promote a culture of care.