Implicit Bias

Someone who appears to be a white mother reading to children who also appear white.

Education

We Stories was created in response to Mike Brown’s death. Now it's closing

Avery Lea Rogers

Materials made by We Stories are available for free until June 30.

Calvin Lai, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Washington University

Law & Order

Police implicit bias training may impact belief but not behavior, WashU study finds

Emily Woodbury

Washington University researcher Calvin Lai discusses his latest study showing that the daylong implicit bias-oriented training programs commonly used by most police departments are unlikely to reduce racial inequity in policing.

Sarah Hercula teaches a class at Missouri S&T in this 2018 file photo.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri S&T Professor Sees Racism In Linguistics And Proposes Solution

Jonathan Ahl

Missouri S&T English professor and author Sarah Hercula says our language is fraught with racism and sexism, but there is a linguistics approach to changing that.

Government, Politics & Issues

Behind the Headlines: Discussion of Greitens’ resignation announcement

Lara Hamdan

Tonight, Eric Greitens will step down as Missouri governor, with Lt. Gov. Mike Parson replacing him. In exchange for his resignation, St. Louis Circuit…

Calvin Lai is an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Washington University as well as the director of research for Project Implicit.

Government, Politics & Issues

A look at the research behind implicit biases with Wash U professor Calvin Lai

Evie Hemphill

In April, the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks store in Philadelphia sparked outrage across the U.S. The incident prompted the company’s…