Bias awareness is critical for achieving equity and diversity. One of the difficulties in effecting cultural change on the campus is our individual inability to recognize our own biases.
We strongly recommend that everyone start by visiting the Implicit Association Test designed by an international team of collaborators. We also recommend reading the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) article, “Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers,” to help understand the productivity implications of why diversity matters.
Here are additional resources on bias awareness:
