Year: 2024

Tensions of Making Women’s Marginalization Salient in Men-Dominated Workplaces

Work and Occupations  (2024) Author: Chloe Grace Hart Abstract: Why might women who experience gender-based bias and harassment at work shy away from efforts to address gender inequality in their workplaces? Drawing on data from 52 interviews with women working in the Silicon Valley tech industry, I show that efforts to address women’s marginalization in …

HBR: Stav Atir – Competent Leaders Know The Limits of Their Expertise

September 25, 2024, by Stav Atir and David Dunning, Harvard Business Review Accurately gauging what you know — and more importantly, what you don’t — can mean the difference between success and failure as a manager. For example, a study of 36,000 firms started in France in the 1990s found that entrepreneurs venturing into novel areas were more …

Study Group on the Black Community Experience Co-Chaired by Byars-Winston Releases Final Report

UW Communications: Last year, after a video of a student making racist comments surfaced online, Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin tasked a campus ad hoc group with studying the Black experience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and recommending steps the campus community could take to positively influence that experience. The Ad Hoc Study Group on the …

Diversity Science Podcast: Stephanie Budge on Improving Care Services for Two-Spirit, Trans, and Non-Binary People

In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Budge talks with Dr. Angela Byars-Winston about the TransCARE Collaborative that she leads and the Collaborative’s work to improve care services for two-spirit, trans, and non-binary people. Budge is Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and she is also an …

Chronic Health Conditions Among Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in a State Medicaid System

American Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2024)  Authors: Kiley McLean and Lauren Bishop Abstract: Despite a growing number of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and documented risk for adverse outcomes as they age, little is known about the health and healthcare patterns of adults with different IDD throughout adulthood. This study uses Wisconsin …

Transgender Adolescent School Climate, Mental Health, and Adult Social Support

JAMA Pediatrics (2024) Authors: Mollie T. McQuillan, Joseph R. Cimpian, Benjamin A. Lebovitz, Erin K. Gill Abstract: Despite well-established health disparities between transgender and cisgender youth, state bills restricting gender-inclusive school supports and health care have dramatically expanded since 2019. While parental support for transgender youth strengthens healthy development, unsupportive parents contribute to suicidality and …

Children’s perceptions of race and ethnicity in media: a 25-year update to children now

Link to Publication Journal of Applied Communication Research (2024) Authors: Nicole Martins, Marie-Louise Mares (IDS Affiliate), McCall Booth, Anne Marie McClain Abstract: In 1998, Children Now surveyed 1,200 U.S. 10- to 17-year-olds about TV racial depictions, finding white children reported the most visibility. As a 25-year update, we surveyed 834 U.S. 10- to 17-year-olds: Asian/Asian …

Utilizing mentorship education to promote a culturally responsive research training environment in the biomedical sciences

Link to Publication  PLoS ONE 19(8): e0291221 (2024) Authors: Sarah Suiter, Angela Byars-Winston  (IDS Affiliate), Fátima Sancheznieto, Christine Pfund, Linda Sealy Abstract: There is an urgent and compelling need for systemic change to achieve diversity and inclusion goals in the biomedical sciences. Because faculty hold great influence in shaping research training environments, faculty development is …

A Brief Pro-Diversity Social Marketing Intervention Improves Grades and Well-Being of Students from Marginalized Groups

Link to Publication Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2024) Authors: Mitchell R. Campbell, Kevin R. Kennedy, Andrea Miller, Markus Brauer (IDS Affiliate) Abstract: Despite much research on improving intergroup relations, the evidence for long-term effects in real-world settings is mixed. We used the social marketing approach to create an “Inclusivity Page” that could be added …

Visiting Junior Scholars Program Summer 2024 (for academic year 2025–26)

Call for Applications Call release date: August 19, 2024 Applications are due by noon on Thursday, September 26, 2024   About: The Institute for Diversity Science will fund two visiting junior scholars for the academic year 2025–2026. The goal of the Visiting Junior Scholars Program is to bring promising junior faculty or post-docs to the …