#99 The Power of Random Roommates with Sarah Gaither and Analia Albuja
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Drs. Sarah Gaither and Analia Albuja study racial identity and how we can overcome racial biases. They just published an important new study on the effects of random roommate assignments on students’ ability to develop diverse social networks.Our conversation focuses on two key research papers: Gaither & Sommers (2013); Albuja et al. (in press).And if you haven’t listened to my episode on the Contact Hypothesis (Episode 44), it pairs well with this one!For a transcript of this episode, vi...
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