Bias Incident Response Team
Who Serves on the Bias Response Team?
- A.T. Ortíz, Associate Dean for Equity, Inclusion, and Community Life
- Xuemei M. Cheng, Dean of Graduate Studies
- Janet Shapiro, Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
- Cheryl Lynn Horsey, Equal Opportunity Officer
- Kimberly Taylor, Title IX Coordinator
- Rodney Matthews, Member of the Staff Association
Contact the team at biasresponse@brynmawr.edu.
The Role of Bias Response Team is to:
- Help to establish the facts and the nature of a reported incident
- Ensure that personal support is available to the targeted individual(s) and/or group(s)
- Assist in directing all parties involved to available community resources and proper channels for reporting and action
- Assist in mediating communication between the individual(s) reporting the incident and the individual(s) responsible for it
- Maintain ongoing and followup 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
- Gauge emerging patterns and climate of the College
- Inform community educational and training initiatives such as teach-ins, solidarity programs, campus speakers and bias awareness programming