Course: Understanding Diversity and Inclusion

Confirmation bias happens when we demonstrate a tendency to seek information that confirms what we already believe. This is a bias towards collecting support for the beliefs, values, and assumptions …

Affinity bias is the unconscious tendency to get along with others who are like us. It is easy to socialize and spend time with others who are not different. It …

Unconscious bias is implicit. It is unintended and subtle, based on unconscious thought. Typically unconscious bias happens involuntarily without any awareness or intentional control. If you are a human being …

We can use describing, interpreting, and evaluating as a bridging technique when faced with diversity or differences. This bridging technique fosters a meta-cognition that helps us treat diverse others as …

Please allow me to demonstrate describing, interpreting, and evaluating this image. When I first saw this image, I jumped to an incorrect conclusion that this scene was an abandoned burial …

Remember when we face diversity and difference, we first describe what we see, hear, or feel. From these descriptions we make meaning. We then interpret. These interpretations lead to evaluations …

In the last step you described what you saw. Now we want you to interpret what you see in the scene. Be sure not to evaluate yet. Remember interpreting comes …

What do you see in this scene? Describe what you see. Please do not interpret or evaluate what you see. Restrict yourself to only describing. The challenge in this assignment …

This scene is the focus for our learning in the following three steps. Please look at the scene. Study the scene carefully. What do you see? We will ask you …

According to Dr. Mick Vande Berg, the third phase of developing diversity dexterity is to manage thoughts and emotions when faced with differences in others. I wish to share a …

It was about 15 years ago when Omari and I went to lunch together. Omari was a graduate student. We worked together teaching classes at Purdue University. Omari is African …

Self-awareness is, at the minimum, understanding your own diversity and culturally determined identity, rules, and biases. As you develop this self-awareness, you can clearly articulate your own identity, rules, and …

The Diversity Wheel from Johns Hopkins Medical Center includes the following types of diversities: age, gender identity or expression, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, mental and physical ability, race and …

The Diversity Wheel from Johns Hopkins Medical Center includes the following types of diversities: age, gender identity or expression, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, mental and physical ability, race and …

Becoming self-aware of diversity requires self-examination of your own identity. Let’s do some identification and reflection work leading to self-awareness. The Diversity Wheel from Johns Hopkins Medical Center includes the …