Note: Hank Nuwer now teaches journalism at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
FRANKLIN COLLEGE PROFESSOR EDITS HAZING PREVENTION BOOK
FRANKLIN, Ind. – Hank Nuwer, a Franklin College journalism professor and internationally recognized scholar in hazing education, has edited a new book on hazing and hazing prevention, published by Indiana University Press.
Hazing: Destroying Young Lives is a compelling anthology of 26 essays that look at how universities, the military and other social groups can learn from past mistakes and protect their members in the future. The book addresses the numerous, significant, and often overlooked impacts of hazing, including sexual exploitation, mental distress, depression, and even suicide.
In addition to investigative journalism essays written by Nuwer, the book contains interviews with acclaimed attorney Peter Lake and sociologist Michael Kimmel, as well as practical essays on the best science to prevent hazing. These include pieces by University of Maine professor Elizabeth Allan, Alfred University dean of students Norm Pollard, legal expert Douglas Fierberg and Greek professionals Tracy Maxwell, Travis Apgar, Robert Biggs and David Westol. Nuwer’s Franklin College colleague Ray Begovich, professor of journalism, also contributed an essay to the book, as did Debbie Smith, the mother of Chico State hazing victim Matt Carrington.
Nuwer graduated from Buffalo State College (now State University of New York) with a bachelor’s degree in English secondary education. He received his master’s degree from New Mexico Highlands University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the State University of New York in 2006. In 2010, Nuwer, a former journalism faculty member at Ball State University, was inducted into the BSU’s Journalism Hall of Fame. In 2017, Nuwer won Franklin College’s scholar of the year award for the second time in his 15 years here.
Nuwer is the author of four previous books on hazing, all of which have won wide acclaim and one was adapted into a television movie. Nuwer has been featured on the CBS News, MTV, ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” the “Today Show” and other major news outlets worldwide. He was a founding member of HazingPrevention.Org, an organization for hazing education and creating hazing awareness. As an investigative reporter, Nuwer has been reporting on hazing incidents since 1978; the actual research began in October 1975.
His previous book was the 2014 Sons of the Dawn: A Basque Odyssey from Shalako Press. One of its themes is an examination of hazing of minorities in the old American West.
Nuwer is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska-Nuwer. They reside in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Warsaw, Poland.
Hazing: Destroying Young Lives can be ordered in both hardback and paperback formats through Indiana University Press at: www.iupress.indiana.edu.
