ImplicitlyInhibiting the

Impact of Implicit Bias

March 2013 ADVANCE PI Meeting

Julia McQuillan, Patricia Hill, Mary Anne Holmes

What is implicit bias? Automatic Associations (Scientist = Male)

Who has implicit biases?

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Even the most well-intentioned person unwillingly allows

unconscious thoughts & feelings to influence apparently objective

decisions.

~ M. Banaji

Benefits: Diversity creates more innovation (Scott Page 2007)

Challenge: automatic in-group preferences, more work to communicate, tokenism if < 30%, need a common goal

Gender Inequality Persists because of cognitive gender

“Frames”

How can I learn more – in an enjoyable way?

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

Can’t professors judge ‘excellence’ without gender frames interfering?

Lamont observed academic review panels- Quality is the goal- Many biases (e.g.

disciplines, institutional prestige)

How can we limit the impact of Implicit Bias?

• Accountability• Formal Systems

– details• Heterogeneous

Groups• Inter-Group

Contact• Create new

associations

What is the ADVANCE-Nebraska team doing about Implicit Attitudes? • Faculty Committee

• – raise awareness – Best practices– Presentations

• New Images/Associations– Speakers– Paths to Success– Showcase visits– Conversations

• Data – available/here• Rubrics

Is awareness necessary?

Potential Benefits:

• Action to limit damage• Creativity in limiting

impact• Openness to data• Realization that

everyone needs help minimizing the impact of implicit bias

• Willingness to slow down• Acceptance of rubrics

Is awareness Unnecessary?Can we implicitly inhibit implicit bias?

* Enhance clarity/reduce ambiguity– Create Rubrics for hiring, T&P, evaluation– Data for review organized for comparison

*Accountability– Data patterns – relative to pools – consequences

of underrepresentation– Ask for accounts of decisions

*Adequate time for careful review– Reward review work/provide time– Equity advocates/procedure focus

*Create new implicit Associations– Images that disrupt implicit associations (e.g.

more images of women in STEM)– Extra efforts/constantly searching– Showcase visits (new association

©2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska

Thank you!jmcquillan2@unl.edu

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