Dr. "Tie" Tiffani Wang-Jones
Organizational Development Consultant
Tie has her dual PhD in organizational psychology and clinical psychology. Her expertise focuses on applied work and research on transgender issues in the workplace, unconscious bias, and global diversity and inclusion (D&I).
She has led local and global initiatives such as gender and LGBT+ inclusion, integrating D&I into systemic practices, and creating various unconscious bias programs focused on impacting leaders.
Tie is also a mental health provider and consultant in healthcare settings specializing in the improvement of LGBT+ and culturally competent patient care. She frames her practice on mindfulness based interventions and incorporates biofeedback technology that helps people to actualize their full potential.
Tie is passionate about issues of diversity competence, equity, and D&I. She uses evidence-informed practices to develop individuals, teams, and organizational systems that can be leveraged to drive meaningful results and positive impact on social change.
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Transphobia is a real D&I concern around the world. Until now, transphobia has only been measured by asking people directly about how they feel. But what we know from decades of unconscious bias research is that sometimes we don’t openly admit our biases, or we are just not aware of our biases. In my most recent publication, we developed the first tools that measure people’s unconscious bias toward transwomen and transmen. Here’s a couple of key highlights:
1) Most people report they are not transphobic, but their unconscious bias test scores show otherwise
2) People’s unconscious and reported biases toward transwomen versus transmen are different, which match transwomen’s general experience of facing more bias
3) Unconscious biases measured by these tools are better at predicting people’s support of transgender HR policies than typical surveys
Reference:
Wang-Jones, T. S., Alhassoon, O. M., Hattrup, K., Ferdman, B. M., & Lowman, R. L. (2017). Development of two Gender Identity Implicit Association Tests to detect attitudes toward transmen and transwomen. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication (print to follow) http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000218
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