The Institutional Response Team (IRT) is a task force of professionals representing a broad range of offices and expertise on campus. The team consists of mental health, health, residence life, and student conduct professionals, legal and media counsel, police and faculty, and is led by the university's police chief and dean of students.

The IRT meets monthly to monitor campus incidents and climate and remains poised to respond in a variety of campus situations. In the event of an emergency, the IRT may call upon the Crisis Management Team to handle the immediate crisis and manage its aftermath

An Emergency Response Information brochure, which includes emergency procedures and contact information, was prepared and distributed to all faculty and staff in 2008. To view this information online, see Emergency Preparedness.


2009 Membership

• Kip Alishio
  Director of Student Counseling



• Dennis Fleetwood
  Director, Environmental Health and Safety



• John McCandless
  Miami University Chief of Police



• Kathy McMahon-Klosterman
  Associate Professor of Educational Psychology



• Susan Mosley-Howard
  Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students



• Gerald Olson
  Director of Residence Life



• Robin Parker
  University Counsel



• Timothy Parsons
  Case Manager, Office of the Dean of Students



• Susan Vaughn
  Director of the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution



• Claire Wagner
  Director of News and Public Information



• Gail A. Walenga
  Assistant Vice President, Student Health and Wellness



• Chuck Mack
  Miami Middletown, Physical Facilities Director



• Chris Connell
  Miami Hamilton, Senior Director of Administration