Cara Tuttle
Senior Lecturer
Director of the Project Safe Center
(she/her/hers)
Email: cara.tuttle.bell@vanderbilt.edu
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Education
- JD – Vanderbilt University Law School
- MA – Women & Gender Studies, University of Louisville
Specializations
- Sexual harassment
- Gender-based violence
- Gender equity and the law
Biography
Cara Tuttle has served as Director of the Vanderbilt University Project Safe Center since its founding in 2014. Cara previously served as the Associate Director for Student Accountability, Community Standards, and Academic Integrity at Vanderbilt University and as Director of Programs for the Women’s Center at Northwestern University. Cara holds a JD from Vanderbilt University Law School, Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Louisville, and her Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Ball State University, where she graduated summa cum laude. Cara provides institutional advocacy on aspects of University response systems and processes involving sexual violence and represents the University on the AAU Advisory Board on Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination and the NASEM Action Collaborative to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. Cara is the chair of the Provost’s Sexual Misconduct Prevention Committee and the University’s ROTC Officer Education Sexual Assault Prevention Committee. Cara previously served as co-chair of the University’s Women’s Advancement and Equity (WAVE) Council. Cara serves as a Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Science within the department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, for which she teaches the Seminar on Gender and Violence. Recently, Cara co-authored Preventing Sexual Harassment and Reducing Harm by Addressing Abuses of Power in Higher Education Institutions for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.