Director of Civil Rights Compliance
ADA, Title VI, and Title IX Coordinator

Phone:  860-486-2943
Email:   sarah.chipman@uconn.edu

In October 2025, Sarah began serving as UConn’s Director of Civil Rights Compliance for the Office for Inclusion and Civil Rights (OICR). In this role Sarah is responsible for overseeing University system-wide compliance with state and federal laws and regulations related to civil rights and non-discrimination, including but not limited to Title VI and VII, Title IX, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for all UConn campuses, including UConn Health. She serves as the University’s ADA Coordinator, Title IX Coordinator and Title VI Coordinator. In this role, Sarah oversees administration of the University’s non-discrimination policies, coordinates institutional responses to reports and complaints, and conducts institution-wide education and programs on civil rights, non-discrimination, accessibility, and related topics.

Sarah joined OIE in 2014 and previously served as an EEO Investigator, Associate Director of Investigations, Director of Investigations and Deputy Title IX Coordinator, and Director of Equity Response and Education. Sarah also previously served as OIE’s Interim Associate Vice President and Interim Title IX, Title VI, and ADA Coordinator from August 2020 to August 2021, and from May 2024 through September 2025. In these roles, Sarah managed the University’s response to complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and related interpersonal violence involving University employees at the Storrs, Regional and UConn Health campuses, and guided the investigative staff in managing all aspects of case investigation and the production of investigative reports. In addition, Sarah trained members of the University community on policies and procedures related to preventing and responding to reports of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and sexual violence. Sarah has been responsible for overseeing all areas of non-discrimination compliance, including case management, search and hiring/affirmative action and equal employment opportunity compliance, access and accommodations, and coordinating the University's response to reports of sex-based discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence.

Prior to joining the University, Sarah worked as an attorney for an employment law firm in Simsbury, CT representing both management and employees. In that position, Sarah handled cases involving all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unpaid wage claims, employment agreement negotiations and disputes, and unemployment compensation matters. In this capacity, Sarah handled claims of sexual harassment, as well as claims of race, age, gender, disability, and national origin discrimination. She frequently appeared in administrative proceedings before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO), the Connecticut Department of Labor, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. In addition to her litigation matters, Sarah drafted and revised employee handbooks and workplace policies and counseled both employers and employees as to disciplinary matters and processing of requests for reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.

Sarah is admitted to practice law in the State and Federal courts of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Sarah earned her law degree from Western New England University School of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Central Connecticut State University.