Sean Phelan, Ph.D. has expertise on the influence of stigma, identity threat, microaggression & biases on both organizational members and on the people they serve. He has special interest and expertise on the effect of health care provider biases and attitudes on the quality and content of clinical care, as well the effect of perceived stigma and…
Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH is an expert in the way racism (e.g. implicit bias, explicit bias, stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, colorblind ideology, institutional/systemic racism and the white racial frame) leads to inequalities in health care delivery. She has two interrelated areas of interest and expertise: 1) The impact of racism in all its manifestations (implicit bias,…
My work focuses on factors that support or undermine organizations’ and groups’ ability to achieve their inclusion, diversity and equity goals. I have deep expertise on both conscious (explicit) and unconscious (implicit) influences on how people think about, feel about, and behave toward others based on group categories such as race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, etc. I…
