Psychology launches name pronunciation project

The Department of Psychology Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee has launched a new Name Pronunciation Project. To support department members카지노 게임 컬렉션� sense of belonging and community-building, the proposed name pronunciation guides (phonetic spelling and audio recording) are included on staff and faculty member profiles, as well as graduate student profiles, on the department카지노 게임 컬렉션�s website.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�People카지노 게임 컬렉션�s names can be considered a core aspect of their identity. Names often reflect aspects of someone카지노 게임 컬렉션�s social location, including cultural, national, racial/ethnic, religious, and other background factors,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Assistant Professor Michele Morningstar (Psychology).

The project was proposed by EDI Committee Chair and Canada 150 Research Chair Sari van Anders and was led by fellow EDI Committee member Dr. Morningstar.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Names that are outside majoritarian social locations카지노 게임 컬렉션�such as those of minoritized department members카지노 게임 컬렉션�are commonly mispronounced. Deciding whether/when/how to correct people requires cognitive energy; moreover, corrections are not always effective, and errors tend to propagate outwards (e.g., as people hear names mispronounced by others, and then use the mispronunciation themselves),카지노 게임 컬렉션� explain Drs. Morningstar and van Anders.

They add that 카지노 게임 컬렉션�frequent mispronunciations of one카지노 게임 컬렉션�s name can be, and/or be experienced as, microaggressions (i.e., common or daily slights that can carry discriminatory, prejudicial, and/or negative attitudes towards minoritized people), regardless of people카지노 게임 컬렉션�s intention or good faith. In addition, many department members would like to correctly pronounce others names but may not know how or may not want to ask the individual.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The Name Pronunciation Project is geared towards reducing the instances of such mispronunciations.

The EDI Committee says the majority of faculty and staff department members, and many graduate students, have contributed to this project by sending in their name pronunciations. Drs. Morningstar and van Anders hope this initiative 카지노 게임 컬렉션�will contribute to a welcoming and inclusive environment in the department, by helping us all pronounce each other카지노 게임 컬렉션�s names correctly.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�This is an excellent initiative from the Department of Psychology that I encourage all of us to adopt,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Elliot Chapple, Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Names are, as Dr. Morningstar states, one of the core parts of our identity. Having our name pronounced correctly makes us feel respected and provides a true sense of belonging. Of course, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s hard to know how to pronounce a name you카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve only seen written, and this offers a simple solution to that problem. Just like adding pronouns to your email signature, this is a simple and effective solution that saves people the awkwardness of having to ask. This is a small act that will have a big impact. I hope this is adopted widely.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

See an example of the new name pronunciation guide on the Psychology website.