Weekly QuEST Discussion Topics, 28 Aug

For QUEST next week, we are crashing the AFWiSE meeting discussing hidden biases. RSVP to Dr. Tulsi Patel (tulsi.patel.ctr@afresearchlab.com) for a calendar invite.

MORE INFO:
A previous meeting discussed “Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People” by Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald. Banaji was recently interviewed on NPR’s “Hidden Brain” podcast regarding implicit biases, and briefly mentioned gender-science and gender-math stereotypes (https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/880379282/the-mind-of-the-village-understanding-our-implicit-biases).

We will discuss two of the studies she co-authored: “National difference in gender-science stereotypes predict national sex difference in science and math achievement” (Nosek, et al.) and “Math=Me, Me=Female, Therefore Math≠Me” (Nosek, et al.). Both articles utilize the Implicit Association Test (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html) to measure implicit biases and it is highly recommended to take before reading the articles.

Hope to see you all there!

Date: 28 August 2020
Time: 1130-1300 EST