Brain, Bias, and Being
AZA Allsop and Bruce Birren
Workshops
Online or in-person
Potential workshop topics include:
Recognizing and addressing microaggressions
Evolutionary origins of social bias and how to override them
Bystander intervention
Setting norms and shifting culture
Mentoring across differences
Mindfulness and other techniques to reduce social bias
Workshops are priced on a sliding scale based on length, number of attendees, and location.
Sample workshop description
Here's one example of a description for a workshop we presented in 2020.
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Progress in scientific careers requires positive interactions with others, interactions that occur in a culture shaped by subjective information and processes. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about how these neurocognitive processes underlie the social biases found in racism, recognize how implicit assumptions guide social behavior, grapple with how actions with good intent can have negative impacts, and practice constructive steps to counteract these. Through understanding basic principles of social neuroscience, and group discussion of case studies and narratives, participants will consider the perspectives of those who are targeted by microaggressions, those who observe them, and those who originate them. Lastly, participants will create responses to microaggressions and other personal and systemic expressions of racism that optimize the culture of their department, institution, or organization.