Overcoming Bias Habits - An Evidence-Based Guide to Creating a Joyfully Inclusive World
Chapter 1 - Bias Habits and How to Break them
Chapters 1-10 of the book will include Skills Summary sections to help you review what you’ve learned in each chapter of the book.
Also, the first episode of every season reviews the notion of bias as a habit and the model of change.
Relevant bias habit-breaking skills segments of Diverse Joy include:
Approaching Bias a Habit from “Joy as Resistance and Bias Reduction”
Covering the model of change, Motivation, Awareness, Tools, and Effort, from “Why Joy is Important for Diversity Work”
The background behind the Habit Model of Change from “Centering Joy, and Why Non-Scientific Diversity Trainings Fail”
Adopting a Cumulative Perspective on Bias from “Joy in Challenging Beauty Standards”
Being Mindful of Your Input from “Unpacking the Science and Controversy Around ‘Implicit Bias’”
Also, the main topic from the episode “Unpacking the Science and Controversy Around ‘Implicit Bias’” covers the notion of “implicit bias” and the science behind it.
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An animated excerpt from the Bias Habit-Breaking Training that illustrates the accumulation of bias
An excerpt video from the training that talks about bias as a habit of mind
Overcoming Bias Habits - An Evidence-Based Guide to Creating a Joyfully Inclusive World
By William T. L. Cox, PhD is now available from the University of California Press!
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Season 3 of the Diverse Joy® podcast, which releases October 2025-November 2026 was designed to match the chapters of the book. Season 3, Episode 1 - “Joy as Resistance and Bias Reduction”, corresponds to the introduction and chapter 1.