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Connecting to “get things done”: A Grounded Theory Study of Bias Response Teams
Association for the Study of Higher Education (2013)
  • Lucy A. LePeau, Indiana University - Bloomington
  • Demetri L. Morgan, University of Pennsylvania
  • Hilary B. Zimmerman, University of California - Los Angeles
  • J.T. Snipes
  • Beth A. Marcotte, Loyola University Chicago
Abstract

As college campuses become increasingly diverse (Anderson, 2003), institutions have been pushed to create safe and educationally supportive environments for an array of students (Harper, Patton, Wooden, 2009; Bauman, Bustillos, Bensimon, Brown, Bartee, 2005). Little is known about how institutions have come to respond to the, at times hostile, interactions between students, staff, and organizations on college campuses. One way institutions have responded is with the creation of bias response teams which bring together campus professionals and faculty from different departments to address reported incidents as a result of these interactions. This grounded theory study aims to investigate the process used by bias response teams to create change within organizations on college campuses and to further the scholarship on diversity.

Keywords
  • bias response teams,
  • bias incidents,
  • higher education,
  • campus climate,
  • diversity
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall November 15, 2013
Citation Information
Lucy A. LePeau, Demetri L. Morgan, Hilary B. Zimmerman, J.T. Snipes, et al.. "Connecting to “get things done”: A Grounded Theory Study of Bias Response Teams" Association for the Study of Higher Education (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/demetrilmorgan/5/