Presentation and Discussion Open to All Health Sciences Colleges

Organizational Bias

Presented by Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, PhD

Thursday, June 2
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Seebohm Conference Room (283 EMRB)

Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and will also be one of the keynote speakers during the 3^rd Annual Culturally Responsive Health Care in Iowa Conference on Friday, June 3. Her professional interests involve diversity and intergroup relations. One line of her research program focuses on stereotypes and prejudice – particularly their more subtle, often implicit forms – and the implications such biases have for intra- and intergroup judgments and health and well-being.

A second line focuses on strategies for reducing bias and discrimination, such as interpersonal confrontation. She examines these questions not only in the laboratory, but also in more applied contexts, with the long-term goals of improving quality of care and organizational climate for stigmatized group members. She also has some interest in the scholarship of teaching and mentoring, especially with regard to finding ways to improve the academic experiences of students who are members of underrepresented groups.

Hosted by the UI Carver College of Medicine