Race, Culture, and Transfer: Factors That Shape Faculty Attitudes and Beliefs About Race and Inclusion

Many faculty members realize that they need to find ways to connect to the diverse perspectives and experiences of all of their students. In physics, it is often difficult to measure and address diversity issues because doing so is not perceived as central to our discipline. In this poster, I examine the ideas of aversive racism and colorblind racism, and how university faculty might address the challenges of inclusion in physics education reform and research. Results from a workshop designed to address these challenges, particularly by rejecting the “smog of bias,” are presented.