Contact: Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3409 or lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.
Lucretia Taylor will be joining the Wichita State University Office of Institutional
Equity and Compliance as its new Title IX Coordinator.
In this role, she is responsible for investigating complaints of sexual misconduct,
discrimination and harassment. Prior to joining WSU, Taylor worked at Kansas State
University’s Office of Institutional Equity at Kansas State University as an investigator.
She investigated complaints under Title IX, VII and VI.
Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that requires gender equity for men and women
in every educational program that receives federal funding.
Taylor will begin her work with WSU on Nov. 15.
She is a native Wichitan and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in administration
of justice from Wichita State. She also earned a law degree from Washburn University.
In her role as Title IX coordinator, Taylor will work to increase awareness of and
compliance with Title IX regulations.
“The Title IX role dictates listening to students and addressing concerns in a fair
and equitable manner,” Taylor said. “I had a wonderful college experience and I want
students to have the same. I am honored to return and make a difference and contribution
to the university that I love.”
Wichita State University serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling
more than 16,000 students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries.
Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation
driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in
the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),
Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of
applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one
of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing
over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
