The workshop “Recognizing and Disrupting Microaggressions in the Classroom” equips faculty with the tools to identify, understand, and address subtle but harmful behaviors that affect students’ ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention takes on the increasingly prevalent and timely issue of “microaggressions” at its annual conference being held ...

If one were to read much of the psychological literature on microaggressions uncritically, one would come away with the conclusion that they are a serious problem. If so, it is very hard to discern ...

Microaggressions are brief, everyday interactions and behaviors that demean, disrespect, or communicate hostility towards people from marginalized groups. The perpetrator is often unaware that they ...

In this workshop, we will work together to understand how speech and behavior can be implicitly invalidating or demeaning, and how to learn from and lead through those moments. Jesse Krohn is the ...

As I explained to my counselor about all the strange comments my friends had been making, her expression grew increasingly twisted. I paused for a second, and she quickly interrupted the silence by ...

The term “microaggression” was originally coined by African American psychiatrist Chester Pierce (1970) over fifty years ago, in response to daily indignities he experienced from White people, ...

An adjunct professor at Queens College has students in her experimental psychology lab learning about microagressions. Students watched an 18-minute video entitled “Microaggressions in the Classroom” ...