Bylines
I write to make complex ideas accessible and actionable. My work explores how bias shows up in everyday life, and what we can do about it. Below, you’ll find a selection of my published work across academic journals and public platforms.
To Sustain DEI Momentum,
Companies Must Invest in 3 Areas
Harvard Business Review | Nov 2022
George Floyd’s murder in 2020 — and the subsequent social uprising around racial injustice — catalyzed an unprecedented investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Organizations of all sizes and across industries pledged their support to Black employees and other underrepresented groups, to building more diverse and equitable companies, and to using their power for good.
With the Supreme Court apparently on the brink of overturning Roe v. Wade, employees want to know their companies will protect them.
When Rights Are on the Line,
Words Aren’t Enough
The Information | May 2022
Can Hybrid Work Create a
More Diverse Workforce?
The Information | March 2022
Physical separation between workers can exacerbate existing biases. Preventing that from happening will require active steps to make sure all employees are heard.
DEI Initiatives Are Futile Without Accountability
Harvard Business Review | Feb 2022
Many organizations are struling to diversify their ranks through the
flawed application of well-intentioned diversity policies. DEI policies are only as good as the people responsible for carrying them out.
We need to talk about racial
justice issues at work. Here’s how
Fast Company | July 2021
Evelyn Carter PhD believes this past year should continue to be a powerful catalyst to put us on a different, better path for the future if we have frank conversations.
Why is President Trump trying to kill off diversity training programs?
Fortune | Oct 2020
President Trump passed an executive order seeking to prevent government agencies and federal contractors from providing certain types of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training to their employees. In the weeks since the order was issued, several companies, universities, and government agencies suspended diversity-related training, programs, activities, and events.
How companies and individuals can use Juneteenth to practice active allyship
Fast Company | June 2020
Two Black female leaders whose careers have focused on helping build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations explain how to commemorate Juneteenth and encourage equality and inclusivity.
Restructure Your Organization to Actually Advance Racial Justice
Harvard Business Review | June 2020
For diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners like me, the influx of interest we’re seeing from organizations that want to both support their Black employees and upskill their workforce around racism, bias, and inclusivity is unprecedented. Plus, all of this is happening in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, which is also having an outsized impact on Black people in domains ranging from health to employment.
Starbucks’ diversity training won’t help unless it makes white people uncomfortable
The Undefeated | April 2018
“Diversity trainings don’t work” is an oft-repeated refrain. And yet, Starbucks will devote an entire day to “conduct racial-bias training to address implicit bias and prevent discrimination” for all employees. This decision follows last week’s incident in which a Starbucks store manager called the police on two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks.
