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2021

Study Reveals Differences in How Black and White U.S. Parents Talked to Their Kids About Race and Racism Before and After George Floyd's Death / Stanford News / September 2021
Black Drivers Receive Less Respect From Police Officers / NBC News / July 2021
P olice Officers Treat Black and White Men Differently. You Can Hear It in Their Tone of Voice / LA Times / July 2021
Police Officers Speak to Black Drivers With Less Respect than White Drivers / CNN / July 2021
Expert Panel: Policing and Racism, Insights from Psychological Science / APS / June 2021
Faculty Women's Forum Announces 2021 Award Winners / Stanford News / June 2021
Disrupting the Impacts of Implicit Bias / The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine / May 2021
3 Strategies to Reduce Bias in Leadership Assessments / Harvard Business Review / May 2021
How Piecemeal Police Reform is Setting the Stage for National Change / PBS / May 2021
A Good First Step Toward Racial Justice: Don't Let Police Stop Motorists for Minor Offenses / LA Times / April 2021
When Your Favorite Book Becomes A Course For Work / Forbes / April 2021
How Many Volumes Does Your Career Have? / Forbes / April 2021
How Important Is Passion? It Depends on Your Culture / Greater Good Magazine / April 2021
The Reconstruction: Overcoming Racial Bias to Optimize Asset Management for Returns —and Impact / ImpactAlpha / March 2021
'Passion' May Be the Wrong Thing to Search For in Hiring / Futurity / March 2021
The UK Figured Out How to Design Safer Streets for Women in the 1980s —and Abandoned the Effort / Quartz / March 2021
Hiring and School Decisions Based on an Individual's 'Passion' Likely to Miss Talent / Stanford News / March 2021
A Simple Compliment Can Make a Big Difference / Harvard Business Review / February 2021
Stanford Scholars Examine Systemic Racism, How to Advance Racial Justice in America / Stanford News / February 2021
Black History Month / Psychology Today Canada / February 2021
B eing a Teacher Means Talking About Sensitive Social Issues. Here's How / Education Week / December 2020
Bias is Built Into Our Brains. But There's Still Hope / Forbes / January 2021

2020

7 Ways for Teachers to Truly Connect With Parents / Education Week / December 2020
Judges on Race: Reducing Implicit Bias in Courtrooms / Law360 / December 2020
Movies Get a Thumbs Down for Showing Unhealthy Food / Futurity / November 2020
Building Respectful Online Communities / Stanford eCorner / November 2020
2020 Nonfiction Runner-up / Dayton Literary Peace Prize / November 2020
Mitigating the Effects of Implicit Bias / Chief Learning Officer / October 2020
The Hard Truth About Bias / Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien / October 2020
Overcoming Bias Requires Recognizing Our Blind Spots / SmartBrief / October 2020
Retired Federal Judge Reflects on Long Career, Tackles Racial Bias in Courts / Courthouse News Service / October 2020
Not All Self-help Books Work —But These 8 Will Actually Rewire the Way You Think, Live and Do Your Job / CNBC / October 2020
Effective Change Requires Proximate Leaders / Stanford Social Innovation Review / October 2020
How We Formed a 'Journal Club' for Equity in Science / Nature / October 2020
Confronting Implicit Biases / The Pulse / September 2020
8 Questions for Jennifer Eberhardt / TIME for Kids / September 2020
Living on Autopilot / PBS: Hacking Your Mind / September 2020
The Science of Why We're Biased / The Jordan Harbinger Show / September 2020
Rooting Out Racism in AI Systems - There's No Time to Lose / TechTarget Business Technology / August 2020
Is it Possible to Rid Police Officers of Bias? / BBC / August 2020
3 Cognitive Biases Perpetuating Racism at Work - and How to Overcome Them / World Economic Forum / August 2020
Fighting Epidemics, Old and New / Stanford Social Innovation Review / Fall 2020
Why Is It So Difficult to Hire Vice Presidents and Provosts? / The Chronicle of Higher Education / August 2020
Talking About Racial Bias With the Author of 'Biased' / GEN Medium / August 2020
Can Use of Force Restrictions Change Police Behavior? Here's What We Know / PBS / July 2020
Stanford Impact Labs Forges Partnerships to Tackle Social Problems / Stanford News / July 2020
Racial Equity Investing: The Time is Now / Cambridge Associates / July 2020
Jennifer Eberhardt / Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard / July 2020
The Mug Shot, a Crime Story Staple, Is Dropped by some Newsrooms and Police / The New York Times / July 2020
San Francisco Police Department Will Stop Releasing Most Mug Shots to Combat Racial Bias / CNN / July 2020
It's 'Our Fault': Nextdoor CEO Takes Blame For Deleting of Black Lives Matter Posts / All Things Considered / July 2020
A Banner Year for Investor Advocacy / Politico / June 2020
The Push to Redefine "Good Design" Amid The Black Lives Matter Movement / Quartz / June 2020
Venture's MeToo Movement Offers Lessons for Move for Racial Equity / Business Insider / June 2020
How Racial Bias Works and How to Disrupt it / TED Talks / June 2020
Where Do We Go From Here? / The Oprah Winfrey Network / June 2020
Anti-Black Bias Affects Just About Everyone. What's The Best Way to Deal With Implicit Racism? / Popular Science / June 2020
5 Books to Read About Race and the Police / The New York Times / June 2020
She Wrote a Book About Bias. Here's How She Thinks Police Departments Should Approach Reform / TIME / June 2020
What is an Unconscious Bias? Psychologist Discusses Making Change / The Today Show / June 2020
As Protests Rage, African American Museum Offers New Forum for Talking About Race / The Washington Post / June 2020
Looking for Books About Racism? Experts Suggest These Must-Read Titles for Adults and Kids / USA Today / June 2020
Stanford Scholars Examine Racism, Social Change and How to Build a More Just Future / Stanford News / June 2020
If You're a White Person Seeking to Be a Better Ally, Add These Books to Your Reading List / POPSUGAR / June 2020
Just Because We Look Alike Doesn't Mean We Think Alike / Psychology Today / June 2020
How to Talk to Your Friends and Family About Race, According to Psychologists / Women's Health / June 2020
In Wake of George Floyd's Death, Psychologist Reexamines Racial Bias in Policing / Here & Now / May 2020
An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism / BuzzFeed News / May 2020
Pushing Back Against Racism and Xenophobia on College Campuses / Inside Higher Ed / May 2020
Interrupting the Risk-Bias Cycle for Investors / Karma Impact / May 2020
For a More Equitable America, Understand Race and Racism as Actions We Do and Can Undo / Stanford Social Innovation Review / May 2020
Doing DEI Better in the Workplace / Diversity Journal / April 2020
How To Have Better Conversations About Race / University Business / April 2020
In Stressful Times, Make Stress Work for You / New York Times / April 2020
Meet the Psychologist Exploring Unconscious Bias—and Its Tragic Consequences for Society / Science Magazine / March 2020
Trump Uses China as a Foil When Talking Coronavirus, Distancing Himself from Criticism / USA Today / March 2020
N ew Toolkit Wants to Make Talking About Race Easier / Colorlines / March 2020

2019

Why Racial Bias Isn't Racial Bigotry / The Next Big Idea / October 2019
Stanford Psychologists Entice Students to Eat More Veggies / Forbes / October 2019
Commentary: Fiduciary Judgment, Race and Returns / Pensions & Investments / September 2019
Drivers of Implicit Bias / Gates Foundation Goalkeepers / September 2019
Social Media is The Perfect Petri Dish for Bias / Vox / September 2019
How Asset Allocators' Biases Impact Institutional Investing / Yahoo Finance / August 2019
The Better Fund Managers of Color Perform, the More Bias They Face / Impact Alpha / August 2019
Black Fund Managers Likely to Face More Bias as Top Performers / Pensions & Investments / August 2019
Op-Ed: Implicit Bias Puts Lives in Jeopardy. Can Mandatory Training Reduce The Risk? / Los Angeles Times / July 2019
Be In The Room to Make Change / Pod Save The People / July 2019
Humanization, Dehumanization, and Other Things Psychologists Do / Aspen Ideas Festival / June 2019
The Bias Inside: A Conversation With Psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt / Behavioral Scientist / May 2019
Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt on Unconscious Biases / Amanpour and Company / April 2019
Justice Is Blind. Sometimes, So Is Prejudice / The New York Times / April 2019
To End Racial Disparities in Policing, We Must Look Beyond the Data / The Guardian / April 2019
Jennifer Eberhardt on the Neurological Patterns of Bias / The New Yorker Radio Hour / April 2019
Tackling Perception's Effects on Behavior with "Biased" / The Daily Show with Trevor Noah / March 2019
What Police Departments and the Rest of Us Can Do to Overcome Implicit Bias / TIME Magazine / March 2019
MacArthur Genius Recipient Jennifer Eberhardt Discusses Her New Book Biased / NPR All Things Considered / March 2019
Book Recommendation: Biased by MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Jennifer Eberhardt / Forbes / March 2019
"You Don't Have to Be a Bigot to Have Bias," Expert Explains / CBS This Morning / March 2019
Opinion: Bias in the Justice System is Real, and the Death Penalty Reveals It / Los Angeles Times / March 2019
Could Your Mindset Affect How Well a Treatment Works? / NPR / March 2019
Can a Nice Doctor Make Treatments More Effective? / The New York Times / January 2019
The Unseen Reason Working-class Students Drop Out / Politico / January 2019

2018

Stanford Researchers Found That Receiving Genetic Information Can Alter a Person’s Risk / Stanford News / December 2018
Stanford Lab Explores Experiments in Universal Basic Income / Stanford News / December 2018
Opinion: Why Do People Stay When a Hurricane Comes? / The New York Times / September 2018
Why Identity Politics Benefits the Right More Than the Left / The Guardian / July 2018
Stanford Research Team Creates Toolkits to Help Groups Overcome Biases and Other Social Issues / Stanford News / July 2018
4 Ways AI Can Change Democracy for the Better / VentureBeat / July 2018
Opinion: The Racist Trope That Won’t Die / The New York Times / June 2018
Opinion: The Stress Sweet Spot / The New York Times / June 2018
Statistics on Racial Disparities Should Be Paired With Context / Stanford News / May 2018
How Your Mindset Determines Your Health / BBC / April 2018
PNAS Announces Six 2017 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients / AAAS / February 2018
How Our Beliefs Can Shape Our Waistlines / The New York Times / February 2018
The Mindset That Keeps Norwegians Cheerful Through One of Earth’s Coldest, Darkest Winters / Quartz / January 2018

2017

Opinion: Donald Trump: Our Individualist Nightmare Hero / Huffington Post / December 2017
What’s Going On: Tensions, and Solutions, in a Changing Oakland / KCET / September 2017
Research Says There Are Ways to Reduce Racial Bias. Calling People Racist Isn’t One of Them / Vox / August 2017
Having Work Friends Can Be Tricky, but It’s Worth It / Harvard Business Review / August 2017
To Solve Organ Shortage, States Consider ‘Opt-out’ Organ Donation Laws ("A 2012 study found ...") / STAT / July 2017
Opinion: Changing Your Mindset Could Be the Key to Changing Your Life / ABC News / July 2017
How to Live Longer: Stop Thinking You’re an Inactive Slacker—It Can Kill You / Newsweek / July 2017
Police Are Less Respectful Toward Black Drivers, Report Finds / The New York Times / June 2017
Police Officers Speak Less Respectfully to Black Residents Than to White Residents / Stanford News / June 2017
The Mindset for a Milkshake / Science Friday / June 2017
Our Need to Feel Special Is Making Us Lonely / Quartz / April 2017
Psychologist Hazel Markus Named 2017 William James Fellow / Stanford News / March 2017
Police Respect Whites More Than Blacks During Traffic Stops, Language Analysis Finds / PBS News Hour / June 2017
The Social Scientific Case Against a Muslim Ban / The New York Times / February 2017
Islamic Terrorism and Domestic Mass Shootings May Be Caused by the Exact Same Psychological Phenomenon / Quartz / February 2017

2016

How San Diego's Police Traffic Stop Study Stacks up With Research in Other Cities / San Diego Union Tribune / December 2016
The Secret Costs of Islamophobia / CNN / November 2016
Why the Country Is Having a Big Debate About Empathy After Donald Trump’s Election / Vox / November 2016
How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation / The New York Times Magazine / October 2016
Q&A: Sarah Lyons-Padilla, Researcher at Center for Social Psychological Answers to Real-World Questions / Stanford Daily / September 2016
Is Germany Failing Female Refugees? / TIME / September 2016
Rio 2016: The Diverse Women’s Gymnastics Team is Great. But It Will Not “Calm Race Relations.” / Vox / August 2016
Can Big Data and AI Fix Our Criminal-justice Crisis? / Engadget / August 2016
What the Americans Drawn to ISIS Had in Common / The New York Times / July 2016
What Oakland Police's 'Implicit Bias' Could Mean for Police Reform / Christian Science Monitor / June 2016

2015 and earlier

A Warmer Embrace of Muslims Could Stop Homegrown Terrorism / The Conversation / November 2015
13 of the Most Impressive Professors at Stanford: Jennifer Eberhardt Teaches About Improving Race Relations / Business Insider / October 2015
Stress Can Be a Good Thing if You Know How to Use It / Harvard Business Review / September 2015
The Norwegian Town Where the Sun Doesn't Rise / The Atlantic / July 2015
High Schools That Walk the Social-emotional Walk (And Don't Just Talk the Talk) / Education Week / May 2015
The Most Productive Way to Develop as a Leader / Harvard Business Review / March 2015
The Biased Eye / NPR / January 2015
Stanford Scholar Named MacArthur Fellow / Stanford News / September 2014
Racial Disparity in Imprisonment Inspires White People to Be Even More Tough on Crime / Pacific Standard / September 2014
Whites Favor Harsh Sentencing Policies After Seeing Images of Black Prisoners / Mother Jones / August 2014
Institutional Racism Alive and Well / Nonprofit Quarterly / August 2014
Are 'Tiger Moms' Better Than Cool Moms? / The Atlantic / June 2014
What's in a (Hurricane) Name? More Deaths / Scientific American / June 2014
Who Gets to Graduate? / The New York Times / May 2014
First-generation College Students Benefit From Discussing Class Differences / Stanford News / April 2014
Talk About Class / Inside Higher Ed / March 2014