Kansas University has released the name of the second finalist for the position of director of its Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, or IOA. Ebony Calloway-Spencer will give a public presentation at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.

Calloway-Spencer has worked seven years as an attorney and supervisor for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in Atlanta, according to a resume provided by KU. Among other things, that office oversees universities’ compliance with sexual violence investigations opened under Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education. Calloway-Spencer previously worked for the city of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the Florida Office of the Attorney General’s Civil Rights Division.

The first IOA director candidate, attorney Abigail Byman, director of academic labor relations at California State University, presented on Monday. The third candidate, not yet named, is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. Jan. 12 at Alderson Auditorium in the Union.

KU IOA investigates reports of sexual harassment — including sexual violence — and other forms of discrimination on campus. The new IOA director will replace Jane McQueeny, who resigned in October.

• SAPEC leader hiring update: In a separate but related search, KU “should have an announcement relatively soon,” possibly by the end of this week, on whom it’s hiring to lead its new Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, or SAPEC, according to KU spokesman Andy Hyland.

While the IOA previously oversaw the campus’ sexual assault training and other educational duties, KU announced this fall that it was creating a new office for that, SAPEC. In October, assistant vice provost for student affairs Jane Tuttle — who is overseeing the new office — said finalists were expected to visit campus at the end of November and that KU hoped to hire a director before the fall semester ended.

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