{"id":700,"date":"2022-07-25T15:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:28:33","slug":"cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias","status":"publish","type":"handbook","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"default\">UWM has the most diverse campus in the UW System, and its guiding values include the \u201cstewardship of resources that promote sustainability, prosperity, and equity for all in the local and global communities.\u201d All graduate assistants can reflect those values by cultivating cultural awareness and learning more about unconscious bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/services\/equal-opportunity-civil-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Division of Community Empowerment &amp; Institutional Inclusivity<\/a> provides links to <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/equity-diversity-services\/implicit-bias-trainings\/\">information and resources on implicit or unconscious bias<\/a> that may be useful to assistants and their supervisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">Cultural awareness is especially important for Teaching Assistants, who work so closely with members of UWM\u2019s diverse undergraduate body. Culturally responsive pedagogy incorporates students\u2019 cultural identities and lived experiences into the classroom in order to improve the quality of instruction. Likewise, inclusive and equity-minded teaching aims to ensure that all students, with varied social identities and differing backgrounds, are able to connect meaningfully to course content, fully participate in classes, effectively learn and demonstrate what they\u2019re learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">Teaching Assistants are encouraged to consult resources to ensure that cultural inclusion, responsivity, equity, and diversity are reflected in teaching materials, course structure and policies. Supervisors are also encouraged to discuss culturally sensitive teaching with their assistants before the start of the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">UWM\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advancing-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Advancing Student Learning (CASL)<\/a> and Learning promotes inclusive and equity-minded teaching through many of its services and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">Additional resources at UWM include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/education\/institute-urban-edu\/culturally-relevant-teaching-resources-for-educators\/\">Culturally relevant teaching resources<\/a> for educators from the School of Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/mscresourcedatabase\/\">Resource database<\/a> for antiracism research and education, including teaching materials, from the Multicultural Scholars Collaborative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">Additional online resources include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.library.arizona.edu\/cct\">\u201cInclusive, Culturally Relevant, and Culturally Responsive Teaching: Glossary of Key Terms\u201d<\/a> (University of Arizona Libraries)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.pdx.edu\/c.php?g=527355&amp;p=3605346\">\u201cCulturally Responsive &amp; Inclusive Curriculum Resources\u201d<\/a> (Portland State University Library)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":37709,"parent":389,"menu_order":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-700","handbook","type-handbook","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias - Graduate Assistant Handbook<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UWM has the most diverse campus in the UW System, and its guiding values include the \u201cstewardship of resources that promote sustainability, prosperity, and equity for all in the local and global communities.\u201d All graduate assistants can reflect those values &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Graduate Assistant Handbook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T02:28:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/handbook\\\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\\\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/handbook\\\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\\\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias - Graduate Assistant Handbook\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-27T17:37:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-11T02:28:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/handbook\\\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\\\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/handbook\\\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\\\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/handbook\\\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\\\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Handbook\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/handbook\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Best Practices for Graduate Assistants\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/handbook\\\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/\",\"name\":\"Graduate Assistant Handbook\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/606\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/606\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/graduate-assistants\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias - Graduate Assistant Handbook","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias","og_description":"UWM has the most diverse campus in the UW System, and its guiding values include the \u201cstewardship of resources that promote sustainability, prosperity, and equity for all in the local and global communities.\u201d All graduate assistants can reflect those values &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/","og_site_name":"Graduate Assistant Handbook","article_modified_time":"2026-03-11T02:28:33+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/","name":"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias - Graduate Assistant Handbook","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-07-27T17:37:22+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-11T02:28:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/cultural-awareness-and-unconscious-bias\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Handbook","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Best Practices for Graduate Assistants","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/handbook\/best-practices-for-graduate-assistant\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Cultural Awareness and Unconscious Bias"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/","name":"Graduate Assistant Handbook","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/606\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/606\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/handbook"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37709"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1495,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/700\/revisions\/1495"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduate-assistants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}