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This practice can be harmful and limits the innovation and excellence that diversity and inclusion promote.</p><p data-block-key="r6b7g">Check out this <a href="https://builtin.com/diversity-inclusion/unconscious-bias-examples">article</a> that discusses 12 ways unconscious bias shows up in the workplace and this <a href="https://ncwit.org/resource/biasacademic/">resource</a> on unconscious bias in academia and response options.</p><p data-block-key="1lo4u">In addition, here are some <a href="https://missionstem.nasa.gov/eLearn/ucb/story_html5.html">excellent video vignettes and other information from NASA</a> about avoiding falling into unconscious bias.</p><p data-block-key="mrdht">Explore <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW5s_-Nl3JE">Google's look into unconscious bias at work</a>, and how they're seeking to combat the brain's tendency to fill in the gaps.</p><p data-block-key="2omis">One of the first steps in avoiding bias, is identifying our own. Being willing to look at unconscious bias in our own lives allows us to better combat systemic stereotypes and prejudices. Psychologists at Harvard, the University of Virginia and the University of Washington created "Project Implicit" to develop a test for hidden bias. <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/test-yourself-for-hidden-bias">Try it out now</a>.</p><p data-block-key="rqhx7">Together with the Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity, we have talked with search and hiring committees around campus on concrete steps and best practices they can implement to avoid bias and promote equity in the recruitment process. 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