Title IX

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, protects individuals from discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity operated by recipients of federal financial assistance. In accordance with Title IX, Northern Arizona University prohibits discrimination based on sex or gender in all its programs or activities. Sex discrimination includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. NAU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education programs or activities that it operates, including in admission and employment. NAU is committed to providing an environment free from discrimination based on sex or gender and provides a number of supportive measures that assist students, faculty, and staff.

One may direct inquiries concerning the application of Title IX to either or both the Title IX Coordinator or the U.S. Department of Education, Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil Rights.  Please feel welcome to review the Title IX Brochure.

For information about resources for pregnant and parenting employees or students, please review Pregnancy and Parenting Resources at Northern Arizona University. To request support, please submit the Request for Pregnancy-related Adjustments Form.

Title IX Coordinator

The Title IX Coordinator is a campus official invested with independent authority to address and correct discrimination, harassment, and behaviors that constitute sexual misconduct. Elyce C. Morris was appointed as Title IX Coordinator in 2020.  In this role, Morris is responsible for NAU’s institutional compliance efforts relating to Title IX, which includes various forms of sex-based discrimination and harassment.

Morris has spent more than 20 years in dispute resolution, grievance management, and legal contexts at various academic institutions.  Morris earned an A.B. in English and in History from The College of William and Mary, a J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, and an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.

Contact Information:

Elyce C. Morris 

Associate Vice President and Chief Civil Rights Officer

Office of Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX (OCRCTIX)

Old Main, First Floor
PO Box 4116
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: 928-523-5434
E-mail: TitleIX@nau.edu