Diane Rosenfeld

Diane L. Rosenfeld is a Lecturer on Law and the founding Director of the Gender Violence Program at Harvard Law School where she teaches courses on Title IX, Gender Violence, Law and Social Justice, and Theories of Sexual Coercion.  From these classes, she works with her students to develop innovative prevention strategies through the Gender Violence Legal Policy Workshop. Her primary areas of focus are the prevention of and response to campus sexual assault, prevention of intimate partner homicide, and eliminating the commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls. A leading national expert on Title IX, Ms. Rosenfeld has advised the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and the White House Task Force on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault.   She has worked with students across the country on Title IX issues, as well as advised schools on the development and implementation of best practices for eradicating sexual assault. Ms. Rosenfeld is featured in two recent documentaries on campus sexual assault: The Hunting Ground and It Happened Here. A frequent public speaker, Ms. Rosenfeld has appeared in national and local media including ABC’s “Nightline,” NPR’s “All Things Considered” and the “Diane Rehm Show;” the Katie Couric Show, and featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe and other national news publications. She was recently awarded a “Woman of Inspiration Award” by Ms. JD, and a “Shatter the Ceiling” Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard Law School.