Belonging, Inclusivity and Wellbeing Resources

Findings and Reports for Policymakers and Practitioners

We produce findings, reports, and guides that students, professionals, and volunteers can use to create stronger and safer fraternities and sororities.  How we move from identifying the problem to creating chapter, community, and cultural change is critical to the future of fraternity and sorority life. Our results leverage positive change.

Guides to increase belonging, inclusivity, and wellbeing

The following resources are aimed at increasing capacity for student belonging, equity, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing. Together, we can work towards a safer and more respectful community.

• Supporting Diverse Sororities: Insights for Practice
  The following guide is taken from the Understanding Sorority Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Within Diverse Chapters at Predominantly White Institutions study, a collaboration of the Penn State Piazza Center and University of Georgia Mary Frances Early College of Education in collaboration with the National Panhellenic Conference.
  
  Gleason, R.K., Davis, K. R., & Martin, G. L. (2023). Support Diverse Sororities: Insights for Practice. Penn State Piazza Center and University of Georgia.

• Jewish Fraternities and Sororities as Spaces of Resistance Against Antisemitism
  Dr. Pietro Sasso, Piazza Center Research Fellow and Dr. Kimberly Davis Piazza Center Data Analyst, discuss the importance of Jewish and Jewish heritage fraternities and sororities as safe spaced to nurture Jewish identity.  

• “Combating campus antisemitism through Jewish-heritage fraternities & sororities” 
  in Confronting Antisemitism on Campus from Peter Lang Publishing
  Very little attention has been given to exploring American Jewish student attitudes about antisemitism, and there is a gap in the literature that this chapter seeks to address. Given the importance of Jewish college students knowing and learning more about antisemitism, and the barriers that exist to this learning, the authors of this chapter sought to contextualize an understanding of what might explain or predict these barriers.  

  Sasso, P. A., Hoffman, B. A., Davis, K. R., (in press, 2023). Combating campus antisemitism through Jewish-heritage fraternities & sororities. In V. Stead (Ed.) Confronting Antisemitism on Campus. Peter Lang Publishing. 

• Examining Responses to a Racist Event in a Sorority and Fraternity Life Community: A Case Study
  This case study highlights practical responses your campus can implement to better respond to racialized incidents.