The following resources are provided with the intent to assist groups from around campus with learning more about matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Policies and reports
- Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Policy (WashU HR)
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Washington University Diversity Engagement Survey
- AAMC diversity facts and figures in U.S. medical education and physician workforce
- LGBTQ+ Health at Washington University – Patient rights, patient guides, provider directory
Education and development
- Being an ally (The Anti-Oppression Network)
- Six techniques for speaking up (PDF)
- Communicating across cultures
- Glossary of bias terms (WashU Center for Diversity and Inclusion)
- Implicit Bias Test (Project Implicit / Harvard University)
- Exploring unconscious bias in academic medicine – Video interview with Howard Ross
- Developing skills to facilitate group discussion (PDF)
- Training classes offered by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Anti-racism resources
- Talking About Race – Online resource hub by National Museum of African American History and Culture
- “The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List” by Brea Baker via Parade
- “Finding Well-Being and Black Joy When the World Is on Fire” by Erica Chidi via Vogue
- Black Lives Matter Syllabus – Online resource hub with news, educational tools, and guidance for action
- Dirty Diversity – Podcast hosted by Janice Z. Gassam on all things diversity, equity, and inclusion in and out of the workplace
- Missouri Black Protester Relief Fund
- “26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets” via Disability Visibility Project
Anti-racism books
Several of the books listed below are available on campus in Becker Library:
See the anti-racism collection at Becker Library »
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
- Colorblind Racism, Meghan Burke
- How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
- Racist America: Roots, Current Realities and Future Reparations, Joe R. Feagin and Kimberley Ducey
- White Fragility, Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo
- Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It , Second Edition, Shelly Tochluk
- The Anti-Racist Reading List – Features Black authors
Recruitment and hiring
- Diversity Advisors for Faculty Hiring Committees
- NIH Diversity Supplemental Grants
- Unconscious bias videos: What to do about it in the search and recruitment process (AAMC)
Networking
- Hispanic – Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS)
- Student Doctor Network – Forum for students and doctors underrepresented in health care
- OUTmed – Organization for LGBTQIA-identified faculty, residents, fellows and staff at Washington University School of Medicine
- White Coats Black Doctors
Professional organizations
- AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion
- American Medical Women’s Association
- Association of Black Women Physicians
- The Society of Black Academic Surgeons
- American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Association of American Indian Physicians
- Indian Health Service
- National Medical Association
- Association of Native American Medical Students
- Latino Medical Student Association
- The Student National Medical Association
- National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
- Pacific Medical Students’ Association
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- List of HBCUs (Wikipedia)
- HBCUs offering medical programs (hbcu-Colleges.com)
- Top 25 Black Colleges (U.S. News & World Report)
- Top Feeder Schools for Black Medical Students (Journal of Blacks in Higher Education)
Predominantly Minority Institutions (PMIs)
- List of postsecondary institutions enrolling populations with significant percentages of undergraduate minority students (U.S. Department of Education)
- Hispanic-serving institutions (Wikipedia)
- Hispanic-serving institutions – Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities members