
To Fight Bias, Consider Highlighting Your Race or Gender
When networking, women and people in racial and ethnic minority groups can benefit from calling out their identity
Erika Kirgios is a doctoral candidate in the operations, information and decisions department at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies the decision-making biases that underlie inequality and designs interventions to improve outcomes for women and members of racial and ethnic minority groups. Follow Kirgios on Twitter @erika_kirgios.
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