Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Anti-Racism

I identify as a White settler and anti-racism scholar. I am committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion through the topics I study and the methods I use to conduct my research. I seek to better understand how we perceive, form attitudes toward, and interact with people who differ from us on multiple dimensions so that we might develop successful interventions to reduce bias, prejudice, and discrimination. I investigate these topics in a way that considers the perspective of both marginalized and privileged group members. By combining quantitative and qualitative data, I aim to reduce oppression and represent people’s lived experiences to the fullest.   

As a field, psychology has been complicit in creating and perpetuating many forms of oppression, such as eugenics and academic gatekeeping practices, to name only a few (you can find many more examples on the historical chronology found here). As a researcher and contributing member of the psychology community, I have been working to engage in critical self-reflection to help me identify how my own research contributes to this problem and to find ways to modify problematic behaviours and ways of thinking. This is an ongoing process and one that I am committed to practicing and developing. I support growing efforts among institutions to increase diversity among faculty and scholars, and pledge to advocate for inclusion and equity. I will continue to seek out collaborations with individuals who have perspectives that differ from my own so that I can learn from the lived experiences of marginalized researchers and incorporate those lessons into my work. I am committed to improving representation at all levels of research and teaching, from participant recruitment to authorship.  

I believe that the free exchange of knowledge and scholarship is one way that psychologists can begin to make tangible changes to our field. Information should be made accessible to all, and I want to ensure that my work is freely available to anyone who may be interested in it, regardless of factors such as academic background and economic status that have historically acted as barriers to information sharing. I want to make sure that my results are interpreted in ways that serve the populations I study, and I therefore support open science practices and aim to be as transparent as possible regarding my research methods and approaches to data analysis. If you are interested in any of my work but are unable to find it here, please contact me and I will be happy to share whatever resources I have. In addition, I am always looking to learn from the expertise of others and welcome feedback that will help me to improve my science.