Bias Incident Response Team
Who Serves on the Bias Response Team?
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Karlene Burrell-McRae
Dean of the Undergraduate College
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Xuemei M. Cheng
Dean of Graduate Studies
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Cheryl Lynn Horsey
Equal Opportunity Officer
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Tomiko Jenkins
Dean of Student Life
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Rodney Matthews
Member of the Staff Association
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A.T. Ortiz
Associate Dean for Equity, Inclusion, and Community Life
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Janet Shapiro
Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
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Kim Taylor
Title IX Coordinator
Contact Us!
Contact the team at biasresponse@brynmawr.edu.
The Role of the Bias Response Team
- To help to establish the facts and the nature of a reported incident.
- To ensure that personal support is available to the targeted individual(s) and/or group(s).
- To assist in directing all parties involved to available community resources and proper channels for reporting and action.
- To assist in mediating communication between the individual(s) reporting the incident and the individual(s) responsible for it.
- To maintain ongoing and follow-up communication with involved parties to address the concerns and needs of all parties involved.
The Bias Response Team will Track Incidents
- To assess the potential impact of incidents on the community.
- To gauge emerging patterns and climate of the College.
- To inform community educational and training initiatives such as teach-ins, solidarity programs, campus speakers, and bias awareness programming.