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Universities Say They Want More Diverse Faculties. So Why Is Academia Still So White?
When she was hired as a professor by Harvard University in 2013, Lorgia García Peña was the only Black Latina on a tenure track in the university’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. But in 2019
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Combating Stereotypes and Bias
The challenges associated with addressing persistent inequality among marginalized communities have never been more apparent. Psychological science explores the roots, the risks, and the roads to meaningful behavioral change.
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Bringing the World Into Our Science
In her inaugural column as APS President, Jennifer Eberhardt, with colleagues Hazel Rose Markus and MarYam Hamedani, urges collaboration with practitioners.
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Distinctions in White Audience Associations of ‘Black’ and ‘African American’ Labels
White Americans associate the label “Blacks” with being a target of racial bias more than the label “African Americans.”
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Lessons from the Bamboo Ceiling
Cultural mismatch, in addition to prejudice, often stands in the way of leadership success for East Asian professionals.
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14 Microaggressions LGBTQ People Deal With All The Time
When you’re an LGBTQ person living in a heteronormative, cisnormative world, encounters of subtle discrimination, known as microaggressions, are a frustrating yet often unavoidable part of daily life. Microaggressions are the everyday “slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or