The University of Colorado named Nancy Hogshead-Makar as the institution’s Title IX advisor.

Hogshead-Makar, a former swimming student-athlete at Duke and a three-time Olympic gold medalist, is one of the leading Title IX legal experts in the nation.

Hogshead-Makar will work with CU officials in athletics, the office of university counsel and the office of Colorado Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson to review the university’s policies and practices regarding sexual violence and harassment for students at the institution. She will recommend enhancements and programmatic improvements in these areas and act as a resource for students who have experienced sexual harassment on campus.

Hogshead-Makar is a professor at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida. She is a past president of the Women’s Sports Foundation and currently serves as its legal adviser. Her book, “Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change,” co-authored with sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, was recently released.

Hogshead-Makar is expected to begin working with Colorado in April.

As part of the settlement of a Title IX lawsuit filed against the institution, Colorado agreed to appoint an independent Title IX advisor to assist in identifying any further reforms that will prevent sexual harassment and misconduct. The university has also committed to add a violence prevention coordinator on the Boulder campus. That position has been posted and the campus is accepting applications.