On November 27 in Luce Hall Auditorium WFF was thrilled to host Professor Abigail Stewart, who gave a talk entitled “Addressing unconscious bias: Steps toward an inclusive academic climate.” Prof. Stewart’s current research examines educated women’s lives and personalities; women’s movement activism both in the US and globally; gender, science and technology among graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty; and institutional change in the academy.
She is the Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. Professor Stewart is also the director of the UM ADVANCE Program, a program that is the benchmark for innovative interventions on leveling the playing field for women in science and technology within the academy.