New resource for navigating conflicts and concerns
A new website, Navigating Conflict at Stanford, provides a comprehensive online roadmap for you if you are navigating or reporting concerns and complaints.
This resource is a collaborative effort led by a cross-community task force that, based on community input that members were often confused as to where to turn when considering various potential reporting options, identified a need for a centralized resource to help all members of our community find support, training, and reporting processes to help address concerns, conflicts, and disputes at Stanford.
The website is organized so students, faculty, staff, and postdoctoral scholars can easily find appropriate resources. It distinguishes formal and informal support and whether a resource is confidential or not. Individuals unable to find the information they need have the option to request a 15-minute confidential consultation to help direct them to the appropriate resource.
“We think this website is an important step toward fulfilling our charge and helping the Stanford community quickly navigate and understand the array of resources available to support them when they are experiencing a conflict or wish to raise a formal concern,” said Brenda Berlin, University Ombuds and co-chair of the Task Force. “It also provides an easy reference for finding training opportunities on campus to help community members build their skills around conflict navigation.”
Explore the Navigating Conflict at Stanford website
More on the horizon
In the 2024-25 academic year, the task force will continue to identify helpful resources and support and recommend ways that Stanford might further harmonize its supportive and reporting resources, including opportunities for consistency and transparency of those processes.
If you have questions about the new Navigating Conflict at Stanford or future efforts planned by the task force, please contact Brenda Berlin at berlinb@stanford.edu.
Current Task Force membership:
- Co-Chair: Brenda Berlin, University Ombuds
- Co-Chair: Jan Martinez, Lecturer, Stanford Law School
- Rosan Gomperts, Director, Faculty Staff Help Center
- Alex Gurza, Associate Vice President for Employee and Labor Relations, University HR
- Allison Barnum, Director, Office of Ethics & Compliance
- Kim Ginn-Brown, Acting Chief Compliance Officer & Executive Director of Risk Strategies, Office of the Chief Risk Officer
- Carson Smith, Stanford law student
- Sofie Kleppner, Associate Vice Provost and Associate Dean, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
- Suzi Weersing, Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, School of Humanities & Sciences
- Claudia Halasz, Senior University Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
- Sonoo Thadaney Israni, Executive Director, Presence & Program in Bedside Medicine, School of Medicine
