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Talk: The power of language in deciphering 'difference'
Posted 02/18/2016
The meaning and importance of the term "difference" is the focus of UW communication professor Ralina Joseph's recent lecture "What’s The Difference
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UW professor’s website becomes go-to resource for African-American histo
Posted 02/16/2016
When Professor Quintard Taylor got an email from New Zealand, he realized he was onto something big.
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Men and women give different answers when asked who’s the smartest in cl
Posted 02/16/2016
Dan Grunspan was studying the habits of undergraduates when he noticed a persistent trend: Male students assumed their male classmates knew more about
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Study: Male biology students consistently underestimate female peers
Posted 02/11/2016
The researchers say bias in the classroom could be mitigated through measures like randomized calling during class and creating small-group
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A Tireless Advocate for Equity
Posted 02/08/2016
Shirley Malcom (1967) has been a vocal advocate for equity in STEM fields, building on her own experiences in the sciences.
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What is your class telling you?
Posted 01/26/2016
UW Biology's Ben Wiggins details how implicit bias negatively impacts classroom setting and what faculty can do to change that.
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Are Parents Rushing to Turn Their Boys Into Girls?
Posted 01/14/2016
UW Professor of Psychology Kristina Olson discusses what alarmist articles often get wrong about transgender children.
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UW student watches State of the Union address — from the White House
Posted 01/12/2016
DeAndre Coulter, a communications major with a minor in diversity, traveled to Washington D.C. with Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole.
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Workplace diversity policies ‘don’t help’ — and ‘make white men feel thr
Posted 01/06/2016
Cheryl R. Kaiser, an associate professor in Psychology, discusses how the current structure of workplace diversity initiatives may not yield success.
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Faculty Focus: Kathie Friedman
Posted 12/18/2015
The first time she taught a class about immigration, in 1991, she assigned her students to write a fictional story for their final project. Today
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‘But my tail light isn’t broken, officer’: A conversation on policing an
Posted 12/17/2015
Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political science at the UW, says there's a long history of distrust between minority populations and
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Muslim-American parents struggle to keep kids' faith innocent
Posted 12/17/2015
Muslim-American parents are finding that keeping their children’s faith experience joyful is becoming a more challenging task. Michael Perez, lecturer
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'Sea is My Country' author set for Neah Bay book reading Thurs
Posted 12/15/2015
Joshua Reid, author of "The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs," and associate professor of history, will give a presentation
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Here’s how to make government care about black lives
Posted 12/01/2015
"The past two years of racial unrest have made clear these protests are not going away," writes Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political
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Female Astronomers: Outsiders in Their Field
Posted 11/22/2015
Department of Astronomy faculty discuss the value of gender diversity among students and faculty.
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