Dr. Cox has a forthcoming book from the University of California Press!
Overcoming Bias Habits - An Evidence-Based Guide to Creating a Joyfully Inclusive World
The book is now available for preorder at Amazon or Barnes & Noble!
Season 3 of the Diverse Joy® podcast, which releases October 2025-November 2026 was designed to match the chapters of the book. Season 3, episodes 11 and 12 correspond to chapter 8.
Episode 11, “Joy as a Wellness Practice” will release in August 2026; and episode 12, “Most Joyful Show on Earth: Inclusion in Circus and Variety Arts” with guest Mark Hayward, a world-class yo-yoer, juggler, and cool guy, releases in September.
Chapter 8 - Tools To Prevent Bias
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.
Relevant bias habit-breaking skills segments of Diverse Joy include:
Seek Individuating Information, especially how numerical imbalance continues to overlook such information, from “Joy as a Wellness Practice” (releasing August 2026)
This was also covered in season 1’s “Intersectional Joy”, an entire episode about intersectionality
Think Ahead, especially as it relates to disability accommodations, from “Most Joyful Show on Earth: Inclusion in Circus and Variety Arts” (releasing September)
This was also covered in season 1’s “Being Intentional in Diversity Efforts”, which covered thinking ahead as a whole while being intentional in diversity efforts
And it was discussed during “Guidelines for Fair and Legal Employment Practices”, with a particular focus on hiring in the workplace
You may also be interested in:
An excerpt video from the Bias Habit-Breaking Training that talks about two tools to Prevent Bias