STEVEN R McALLISTER
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EXPERIENCE
United States Army SHARP Program Trainer, Logistics Management Institute
November, 2010-Present
. Present 80 hour Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention
(SHARP) curriculum to soldiers responsible for serving as victim
advocates and prevention educators on U.S. Army Installations across
the United States;
. Participate in sexual assault and harassment curriculum review for
Professional Military Education (PME) courses;
. Serve as team leader by coordinating Mobile Training Team visits
with Installation Points of Contact and trainers, providing daily
situation reports, and administering exams and assessments.
Director of Program Development, New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual
Assault, Trenton, NJ
September, 2009-January, 2011
. Created the NJCASA College Consortium and Campus Chapter programs to
address sexual violence on college campuses in New Jersey;
. Chaired committee that created a state-wide certification process
for Confidential Sexual Violence Advocates;
. Administered federal Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) Grants
for 22 sexual violence programs in New Jersey;
. Served as member of the Attorney General's Coordinating Council for
SANE/SART (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners/Sexual Assault Response
Teams);
. Served as member of the "No Wrong Door New Jersey" state-wide
planning and implementation team. "No Wrong Door New Jersey" was a
project funded by the Office of Violence Against Women to provide
seamless services for women who suffered from mental illness or
developmental disabilities and were survivors of domestic violence
and/or sexual assault;
. Served as one of six members on the New Jersey state Steering
Committee that advised the implementation of a state-wide sexual
violence prevention plan funded through the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention EMPOWER project;
. Supervised the NJCASA Prevention Coordinator and AmeriCorps members;
. Researched and disseminated best practices tools and materials for
Coalition members;
. Oversaw of training and technical assistance for 22 Sexual Violence
Programs;
. Developed and implemented operational plans for multiple projects
including data collection, program evaluation, and program
standards;
. Monitored collection and analysis of data from Program Membership.
Assistant Director of Student Development/Health Educator, The New School,
Office of Student Development, New York, NY
June, 2007-September, 2009
. Coordinated public health outreach and advocacy;
. Supervised Office Manager, administrative staff, and graduate
research assistant;
. Chaired the Sexual Assault Policy, Education, and Response Task
Force;
. Served on Student Services Programming and Education committees;
. Conducted a review of the Sexual Assault Policy and submitted
suggested changes;
. Provided trainings for students, faculty, and staff on public health
issues including sexual assault, mental health, substance abuse, and
intimate partner violence;
. Created a comprehensive strategic action plan to implement a peer
health education and advocacy program;
. Supervised Coordinator of Student Programs who enforced policy and
procedure requirements for 25 recognized student organizations;
. Oversaw budget for several areas of operation and special programs;
. Led planning, implementation, and evaluation of all logistical and
programmatic aspects of new student orientation, a week of academic
and social programs for more than 1000 students and 3000 guests.
. Planned and implemented leadership development and civic engagement
programs.
Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator, Lehigh University Women's Center,
Bethlehem, PA
March, 2003-May, 2006
. Created a comprehensive sexual violence response and prevention
program utilizing peer education, student and professional advocacy,
police response, and medical response protocol;
. Served as grant manager for a three-year community based grant by
managing funds, compiling quarterly reports, and conducting program
assessments;
. Provided specialized, research based training on sexual violence
issues to professional staff, the University Committee on
Discipline, and University Police Department;
. Recruited, trained, and supervised students who formed the
University's first sexual violence peer education group;
. Designed, proposed, and secured funding for the Break the Silence 24-
7 sexual violence crisis hotline monitored exclusively by student
volunteers;
. Recruited, trained and supervised student volunteers who monitored
24-7 sexual violence crisis hotline;
. Created new Student Affairs Sexual Assault Response Protocol;
. Served on the Pennsylvania state Men Against Sexual Violence
Committee.
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor
City University of New York School of Law
Master of Arts - Health Promotion & Program Management
Central Michigan University
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Central Michigan University
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant, Sexual Assault Services, Central Michigan University,
Mt. Pleasant, MI
August 2001-March 2003
. Mentored by advisor Stephen M. Thompson, nationally recognized by
law enforcement as an expert on sex offender profiles and behavior
patterns;
. Partnered with five (university, city, county, state, and tribal)
law enforcement agencies on response improving protocols to sexual
assault survivors;
. Researched and implemented best practices for prevention programming
and survivor advocacy;
. Assisted in coordination and instruction of undergraduate sexual
violence course;
. Presented prevention and awareness programming to thousands of
students.
Training
. Completed over 200 hours of sexual violence training including:
- Crisis response;
- Interviewing sexual violence survivors;
- Legal issues and advocacy;
- Forensic evidence collection;
- Sex offender profiles including familiar, stranger, and
acquaintance offenders;
- Rape Trauma Syndrome/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder;
- Military Sexual Trauma
- Drug facilitated sexual assault.
- Domestic violence offender threat assessment;
- Stalking using technology;
- Court advocacy for survivors of sexual violence.
. Certified "Green Dot" instructor: http://www.livethegreendot.com
Professional Presentations
. Sexual violence prevention and risk reduction -
- Presented programs to tens of thousands of college students
across the nation;
- Audiences included first year students, athletes,
fraternities, sororities, Army ROTC, and the entire corps of
Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy;
- Content focused on prevention of sexual violence through
bystander intervention and the impact sexual violence has on
survivors, their communities, and society as a whole.
. Law enforcement specific trainings
- NJCASA Law enforcement first responder training, December,
2011 - served as instructor for the first pilot of the
curriculum for first responders in New Jersey;
- Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, First Responder Training,
2005 - presented to an audience of survivor advocates and law
enforcement;
- Lehigh University Police Department, July, 2003 - provided
full day training on interviewing survivors, recognizing
offender characteristics, false report concerns, and drug
facilitated sexual assault;
- Co-presenter, Central Michigan University Police Department,
2002 - presented on survivors' responses to sexual assault.
. Conference presentations - presented on a variety of sexual violence
topics (detailed presentation information available upon request)
- National Conference on Sexual Assault in Our Schools -
Orlando, FL, November, 2009
- FRMT, Ltd. - National Fraternity Risk Management College -
Indianapolis, IN, June, 2006
- University Risk Management and Insurance Association -
Northeast Regional Conference - Waltham, MA, May, 2005
- 30th Annual Delaware Valley Student Affairs Conference -
Philadelphia, PA, February, 2004
- United Educators Drive-in Conference - Harrisburg, PA, June,
2004
- 12th & 13th International Conference on Sexual Assault and
Harassment on Campus - Orlando, FL, October 2002 & 2003
- United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence
Against Women, Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women
on Campus - Technical Assistance Conference - Austin, TX,
2002.
"One In Four" Walk Across America, May - October, 2001
. Planned and participated in the 3,500 mile, 5 month walk from San
Francisco, CA to Washington, DC to raise awareness about sexual
assault;
. Secured funding from local and national organizations and individual
donors;
. Conducted numerous interviews with local, regional, and national
news media with the goal of educating others about sexual violence
in our society.
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Featured Expert - Law enforcement first responder training DVD, New Jersey
Coalition Against Sexual Assault - 2011
Lehigh University Tradition of Excellence Award, Lehigh University - 2005
Co-Author, Chapter 5: Advice for Peer Educators from Men Who Have Been
There, The Men's Program, 3rd Edition, John Foubert - 2003
The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award, Security on Campus, Inc. - 2002
Featured Expert - Breaking the Silence - Documentary Film, Security on
Campus - 2002
References Available Upon Request