Project Proposal

Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes we associate with others that affect our behaviors, actions and decisions without our conscious knowledge.

And it is very real.

In fact, we see examples of this in all realms and in all stages of life. For example, a study showed that when teachers in pre-school were asked to watch for troubling behaviors, they focused more on students of color than on white students.

Given how profound the impact of discriminatory behaviors is, there is no doubt that any institution be it college or a workplace, could benefit from having its employees better understand implicit bias.

The problem we noticed was that bias trainings are often not as effective as one would hope...