Beth Riley

Beth Riley (she/her) serves as the Assistant Director of Prevention and Response in the Title IX Office at GW. In this role, she leads outreach and support efforts following reports of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and/or stalking, ensuring that impacted individuals receive timely, compassionate, and comprehensive care. She works closely with campus partners to guide GW community members through available resources and options while prioritizing their safety, autonomy, and well-being.

In addition to direct support work, Ms. Riley develops and facilitates educational initiatives for students, staff, and faculty focused on Title IX policy and resources as well as skill-building around prevention, response, and bystander engagement. Her programming emphasizes strengths-based and community-centered prevention strategies, trauma-informed practices, and building cultures of consent and respect.

Prior to joining GWU, Ms. Riley worked at the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, where she focused on both primary prevention strategies and strengthening coordinated community responses to sexual violence. She also served as a Senior Trainer with Alteristic, Inc., delivering national and international trainings on the Green Dot bystander intervention curriculum and supporting institutions in implementing evidence-based violence prevention strategies.

Session Title:

Seeing the Whole Student: Building a Coordinated Network of Contextual Care

The quote you return to when thinking about community, culture & inclusion:

"Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, reveling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.” -Bell Hooks