This virtual workshop will explore the scientific basis of implicit bias, its prevalence and impact, and implications for policy and law. It is being organized by an ad hoc planning committee, co-chaired by Dr. Camara Jones (Morehouse University) and Justice Goodwin Liu (California Supreme Court) under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Science, Technology, and Law.
Implicit bias has been commonly defined as any unconscious or unacknowledged preferences that can affect a person’s outlook or behaviors, and in particular, an unconscious favoritism toward or prejudice against people of a certain race, gender, or group that influences one’s own actions or perceptions. The methods for identifying the presence and degree of an individual’s implicit bias, the presence of implicit bias throughout society, and the successes or failures of attempts to mitigate implicit bias are topics of much scientific inquiry, with ramifications for law and policy as well as a multitude of organizational settings.
The workshop will include moderated panel discussions featuring leading experts. Topics include:
