in collaboration with the Piazza Center

June 23-24, 2026

NCAA Hall of Champions & Conference Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

Hazing Prevention Network has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd™). Programs that qualify for CE credit in this program are clearly identified. Hazing Prevention Network is solely responsible for all aspects of this program. 

Hazing Prevention Institute curriculum developed for the Hazing Prevention Network by Emily Perlow, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Piazza Center through funding from the Max Gruver Foundation and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.

Individual and group registration is now open! If you are registering a group of four (4) or more individuals, email Todd Shelton for a discount code BEFORE starting registration.

Early bird rate: $499 (through March 30)
Regular Registration: $624 (April 1 through May 30)
Late Registration: $749 (June 1 through June 13)

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN IN LATE 2025.

Who should attend: Professionals/advisors and graduate students across all student activities & organizations including athletics, fraternity & sorority life, recreation/club sports, performing arts, etc.

Are your prevention efforts ready for the Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA)?

The Institute’s research-informed curriculum, developed in partnership with the Piazza Center, aims to address individual, organizational, and community-level hazing motivators, apply prevention concepts to your campus or organization, and identify strategies to disrupt hazing cultures. Participants will also learn change management strategies and leave with specific steps to enhance your comprehensive hazing reduction program.

NCAA Hall of Champions & Conference Center
700 W Washington St
Indianapolis, IN 46204

This institute-style program will employ the Piazza Center Horizontal Hazing Model to identify the motivators and detractors for individual, organizational, and community participation in hazing. The program will scaffold learning through large group sessions and small group working sessions where participants apply research-informed concepts to the real-world environment. Participants will depart the institute with a working plan for implementing hazing intervention on their campus or in their organization.

As a result of participating in the Hazing Prevention Institute:

• Participants will describe individual, organizational, and community level hazing motivators and barriers to hazing reduction.
• Participants will describe three ways the Piazza Horizontal Hazing Model can be applied to their campus/organization.
• Participants will apply the four components of situational strength to their campus/organization and will identify four strategies to disrupt situational strength.
• Participants will identify four change management strategies they can employ in their hazing reduction efforts.
• Participants will create a plan for enacting a comprehensive hazing prevention program. Three months post-institute, participants will report having taken steps outlined on their plan.

Download PDF of 2025 schedule here. The 2026 schedule will be available in early 2026.

Once you have completed and submitted the Hazing Prevention Institute registration form, you are considered registered regardless of payment status. Cancellations made prior to April 30, 2026, will result in a refund of all but a $50 processing fee. Cancellations made between May 1, 2026, and June 5, 2026, will result in a refund of 50% less a $50 processing fee. Cancellations made after June 5, 2026, are non-refundable.

If you have questions about the Hazing Prevention Institute, contact Todd Shelton, Executive Director.

Winner of the North American Interfraternity Conference 2024 Laurel Wreath Award for unique programs and initiatives influencing the fraternity community and greater world.

The Hazing Prevention Institute has a hotel block ($209/night) available at the Courtyard Indianapolis Downtown a short walk across the street from the NCAA Hall of Champions & Conference Center. The reservation link will be available in late 2025.

Courtyard Indianapolis Downtown
601 W Washington St
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Lead Facilitator:

Dr. Emily Perlow is the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a Lecturer in the Counselor Education and Family Therapy Program at Central Connecticut State University, and is a Research Affiliate in the Center for Student Success Research at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She has a Ph.D. in Educational Policy from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and an MA in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University.