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Unmasking Inequality:
A Self-Guided Workshop
on Educational Success
Part 1: Creating Awareness
“My experience is that… most people will say they don’t have a problem.”
- Dr. James Stith, Vice President,
Physics Resources,
American Institute of Physics
The Pursuit of Excellence in Diversity: A Focus upon Preparation, by Michael Nettles and Catherine Millett
The following presentation relates the current race-based disparities in academic success to differences in academic preparation and socioeconomic status. View presentation in PDF format.
Demographics, by Sherrill L. Sellers
This presentation contains statistics on the changing demographics of the United States and contrasts them with the environment in science, technology, engineering and math. View presentation on line or download PowerPoint file (3MB).
In Their Own Words Workshop, by Barbara Bogue and Rose Marra
This presentation provides context for the video In Their Own Words. The video shows undergraduate students from a variety of backgrounds describing their positive and negative classroom experiences in engineering. A short clip from the video is available at the In Their Own Words web site. Send requests for workshops, copies of the video or copies of the ITOW Workshop materials to itow@engr.psu.edu. View presentation on-line or download PowerPoint file (457K).
Middle-Aged White Guy Still Learning, by Stephen Lund
Lund, a UW-Madison employee, writes candidly about his growing understanding of structural inequality. View article on-line.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
McIntosh explores ways in which she is privileged because of her race, and explains her perspective on how white privilege may affect people of other races. View article on line.
Online "Hidden Biases" Self-Test, by Project Implicit
Instructors who are committed to fairness in the classroom may be surprised to find that, despite positive intentions, cultural stereotypes could still affect their opinions of their students. Take these tests and learn more about the nature of hidden bias.
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