SPEAK Presents "How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do"

Stereotype threat, the subconscious fear that our actions or performance will confirm negative assumptions about our social identity, affects us all. While none of us wants to be defined by gender, sexual orientation, race, profession, age, nationality or political affiliation, all of us have experienced stereotype threat, whether we are aware of it or not.

Dr. Claude Steele will explore the ways that stereotype inhibits academic and athletic performance and constrains our choices and behaviors. He will speak to parents and educators about how to recognize and neutralize the most damaging stereotype threats in our own educational landscapes.

 

Claude M. Steele is Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at UC Berkeley. Prior to this

appointment, he served as the I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University, and before that, as Provost of Columbia University. Dr. Steele is the author of Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do and has published articles in numerous scholarly journals.

To register for this event, please click here. San Francisco Friends School is located at 250 Valencia Street. Public transportation and carpooling are strongly encouraged. Paid parking is available at 14th Street and Julian, between Valencia and Mission.