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Reading Thoroughgood et al. (2024) on why bystanders should act

August 20, 2025

“When advantaged group employees courageously stand up for the rights of their colleagues with marginalized identities, research suggests that they communicate a powerful, public “message of value” to such individuals“,…

Currently reading: Connaught (2024) “Reframing the impostor phenomenon for Black college students”

May 1, 2025

I have been critical of the “impostor syndrome” — that everybody seems to be talking about everywhere these days! — for a while because it puts the responsibility of dealing…

Striving for accountable spaces (instead of safe or brave ones)

December 6, 2024

Hearing promises of “safe spaces” is usually a quick way to get me very angry. Safe for whom? And safe from whom? Probably not safe for minorities from dominant discourses……

Intervening when witnessing microaggressions (my backup plan in case I don’t have time for this slide in an upcoming seminar)

March 19, 2024

I am planning a seminar on relationships in the classroom, and I have way too many things to say on that in general, AND want it to be driven by…

Currently reading “How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction” by Dancy & Hodari (2022)

May 16, 2023

This article has repeatedly been making waves in my circles over the last couple of months: “How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction” by Dancy &…

Currently reading: “Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders” (Sue et al., 2019)

April 21, 2023

I have another recommended reading for you! I found this really nice framework for disarming microaggressions, both targeted directly towards the perpetrator, but also institutional and societal macroaggressions, in Sue…

Microaggressions: How intent and impact don’t always go together.

June 9, 2022

I’ve recently started including the topic of microaggressions in my academic development workshops, and here is one reflection on the topic (including the super helpful sandals&boots-analogy by Presley Pizzo). I…

Reducing bias and discrimination in teaching: an annotated, incomplete — WORK IN PROGRESS! — list of references

June 2, 2022

Already at the time of posting, I have added to my to-read list for an updated version of this post. Please let me know of any additional literature I should…

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Reading Thoroughgood et al. (2024) on why bystanders should act

Currently reading: Connaught (2024) “Reframing the impostor phenomenon for Black college students”

Striving for accountable spaces (instead of safe or brave ones)

Intervening when witnessing microaggressions (my backup plan in case I don’t have time for this slide in an upcoming seminar)

Currently reading “How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction” by Dancy & Hodari (2022)

Currently reading: “Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders” (Sue et al., 2019)

Microaggressions: How intent and impact don’t always go together.

Reducing bias and discrimination in teaching: an annotated, incomplete — WORK IN PROGRESS! — list of references

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