PPT-Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Letters of Recommendation

Paula Warrick Senior Director Office of Merit Awards American University warrickamericanedu Kate Mamiseishvili Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Professor of Higher Education. Sasha Scott. &. Damian Jenkins. You can change your filters. A change in your own circumstances, or new experiences, can realign what your brain pays attention to. They can also alter the way it responds to different cues. Joan T. Schmelz . University of Memphis. Big Thanks:. -Abigail Stewart (Univ. of Mich.). -Meg Urry (Yale Univ.). Slides. R. eferences. Information. Plenary Talk for the AAS Winter meeting in Seattle?. Presenters:. Kim Wilson, Career Center. Natalia Dyba, Merit Scholarships. Wednesday, October 30, 3:30-5:00pm. UW1-103. UW BOTHELL OFFICE OF MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS AND THE CAREER CENTER . Whom to ask for reference and letters of recommendation?. They must:. Know you well (e.g., taken for multiple classes, done a directed study with, talk outside of class). Have known you for a prolonged period of time. A Practical Guide for Obtaining Effective References. Need a Recommendation?. This presentation will provide a practical framework for requesting letters of recommendation.. Letters of recommendation are requested for a number of reasons, most notably:. A Practical Guide for Obtaining Effective References. Need a Recommendation?. This presentation will provide a practical framework for requesting letters of recommendation.. Letters of recommendation are requested for a number of reasons, most notably:. SASHA SCOTT. &. DAMIAN JENKINS. What is it?. Natural, in-built preferences. Filters we apply to every day life to make handling of information possible at all. What is going on?. Brain receives app. 11,000,000 pieces of information per second. Presenters:. Kim Wilson, Career Center. Natalia Dyba, Merit Scholarships. Wednesday, October 30, 3:30-5:00pm. UW1-103. UW BOTHELL OFFICE OF MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS AND THE CAREER CENTER . What Every Hospitalist Should Know. Source: http://ekktamindpowers.com/mind-power-workshop/. The Team. Vanessa Durand, DO. Jorge . Ganem. , MD. Anika Kumar, MD. Kimberly Reynolds, MD. Disclosures. All presenters for this workshop have no financial relationships to disclose or Conflicts of Interest (CIO) to resolve.. Learning Objectives. Recognize that bias is human and that it impacts all parts of all of our lives. Identify the negative consequences of bias are. Develop strategies to become more aware of and mitigate our biases. What is SPA?. Set up in 2006 following the Schwartz Report . Fair Admissions to Higher Education: Recommendations for Good Practice . 2004. . ‘. The Group recommends the creation of . a central source of expertise and advice on admissions issues. BiasIn this exercise participants are instructed to write down in a column on the lefthand side of a blank piece of paper the initials of six to ten people whom they trust the most who are not family A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies at the scene and the son,. . badly injured, is rushed to the hospital. In the operating room, the surgeon refuses. . to operate, saying, “I can’t operate on this boy. He is my son.”. . vicki.rogers@oit.gatech.edu. . Who Am I? Why Am I Here?. IT Careers. Good news…. IT careers are among the 10 fastest growing US occupations. By 2026 there will be 3.5 million computing related job openings.