Jennifer Eberhardt is a professor of psychology at Stanford and a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur "genius" grant. She has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was named one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers. She is co-founder and co-director of SPARQ (Social Psychological Answers to Real-World Questions), a Stanford Center that brings together researchers and practitioners to address significant social problems.
Winner of the Williams James Book Award from the American
Psychological Association
Winner of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Book
Prize
Nonfiction Runner-Up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
"A fascinating new book... [Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt is] a
genius."—Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
"Groundbreaking."—Bryan Stevenson, New York
Times bestselling author of Just Mercy
“Powerful…useful for those new to the topic as well as those
well-versed in the topic...Eberhardt abandons the jargon-speak of
academic research and speaks to the reader’s head, heart, and
soul...[and] will make you think about the news, your
neighborhood, your work place and yourself with fresh
eyes.”—Forbes
"An immensely informative and insightful analysis of race-based
stereotypes. [Eberhardt] also offers practical suggestions for
managing mechanisms of prejudice that 'are rooted in the structures
of our brains.'”—Psychology Today
"Explores the reasons for bias of all kinds — racial, religious,
gender and more — and lays out research-based strategies that can
short-circuit our initial prejudices."—New York Post
"[A] timely, exhaustive investigation of how bias infiltrates
every sector of public and private life... Eberhardt offers
tips for reforming business practices, police departments, and
day-to-day interactions in pursuit of a fairer world for
everyone."—Esquire.com
"Combining storytelling with a deep dive into the science of
implicit bias, Eberhardt explains how bias and prejudice form—and
she describes their pernicious effects on all of us. But she
doesn’t stop at the problem: Her book shines a spotlight on what we
can do to fight bias at a personal and institutional
level.”—Greater Good Magazine
“Compelling and provocative, this is a game-changing book about how
unconscious racial bias impacts our society and what each of us can
do about it.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Jennifer Eberhardt’s work is essential to helping us understand
racial inequalities in our country and around the world.”—Michelle
Alexander, author of New York Times bestseller The
New Jim Crow
"In accessible language and compelling examples, Dr. Eberhardt
draws on copious empirical research to challenge the idea of human
objectivity and the tragic outcomes of this false belief. ...This
book should be required reading for everyone."—Robin DiAngelo,
author of White Fragility
“This book helps us to scientifically view how racial bias works in
our own minds and throughout society. We could not ask for a
better guide to understand this reality than Jennifer Eberhardt.
Her research reveals critical information that can help leaders
better understand how biases can impact our judgment and how we are
perceived by the communities we are sworn to serve.”—Kamala D.
Harris, United States Senator from California
“Jennifer is one of the great thinkers and one of the great voices
of our time…I believe her book will change the conversation on race
in our society–and perhaps our society itself.”—Carol Dweck, author
of New York Times bestseller Mindset: The New
Psychology of Success
“Drawing on her pioneering research, Jennifer Eberhardt’s new book
offers a powerful exploration of how racial bias seeps into our
classrooms, college campuses, police departments, and
businesses.”—Bruce Western, author of Punishment and
Inequality in America and Professor of Sociology, Columbia
University
“Biased is deeply relevant to education and other fields of work,
within the U.S. and globally. Dr. Eberhardt’s work offers a
touchstone for educators, leaders, lawmakers, and all those who
want a society that serves everyone equally.”—Linda
Darling-Hammond, author of The Flat
World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity
will Determine our Future
“This is not someone who is just doing work in the ivory tower of a
university. This is someone who is really out in the trenches
working with police departments and the criminal justice
system.”—Chris Magnus, Chief of Police, Tucson, Arizona
“She is saying things that make people uncomfortable, but she has
the evidence to back up the reality of what’s she’s describing…
[her work is]…original, provocative, and rigorous. I think she has
changed the way we all think about the American dilemma of
race.”—Susan Fiske, Psychologist, Princeton University
“The hope for progress is greatly increased by Jennifer Eberhardt's
groundbreaking new book on implicit bias. Biased presents the
science of bias with rare insight and accessibility, but it is also
a work with the power and craft to make us see why overcoming
racial bias is so critical."—Bryan Stevenson, New York Times
bestselling author of Just Mercy
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