Rayla Allison, JD, lecturer in Sport Management in the School of Kinesiology, took part in a two-day presentation at the University of Akron’s College of Education on April 14 and 15. Allison spoke at a workshop for the sociology department on “Workplace Legal Issues and Creating a Healthy Workplace Culture,” and was a featured speaker for the College of Education Diversity Committee speaker series, “We’ve Come A Long Way, Maybe Baby: Title IX Educational Strides.”
Both presentations focused on Title IX issues such as sexual harassment in schools, non-traditional career education, discrimination based upon pregnancy and parenting student, athletics, employment discrimination in education and dropout issues.