Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People—a talk by, and Q&A with, Mahzarin Banaji

Mahzarin Banaji, Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology, Senior Advisor to the Provost, and one of the country’s leading experimental social psychologists on the enduring evidence of “implicit bias,” invites all members of the Harvard community to participate in her seminar, where she will discuss how we can make wise decisions untainted by beliefs and assumptions we hold without even knowing that we do, and the science of “implicit bias” which demonstrates how barely conscious thoughts and feelings can affect our decisions about others, based on their age, gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, nationality, or other demographic characteristics that are completely irrelevant—and that our own values tell us ought to be irrelevant—to decision-making.

Members of the Harvard community may register here for the seminar, which will be a 90-minute presentation followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. This webinar will not be recorded. Closed captioning will be provided.