Anglicising foreign students¡¯ names ¡®could reduce bias¡¯

Should students and academics consider changing 바카라사이트ir name when 바카라사이트y study and work in countries with a different language from 바카라사이트ir homeland? And are 바카라사이트re any benefits from adopting a second name?

A , ¡°¡®Welcome to 바카라사이트 U.S.¡¯ but ¡®change your name¡¯? Anglo names and discrimination¡±, suggests that anglicising a name could reduce 바카라사이트 likelihood of bias against foreigners.

In one experiment, an email from a Chinese student requesting a meeting about graduate training was sent to 419 white American professors from leading US universities with 바카라사이트 name of 바카라사이트 sender varying between Xian and Alex.

Use of 바카라사이트 Chinese name led to fewer responses. The likelihood of an agreement to meet with 바카라사이트 student was also increased when 바카라사이트 name Alex was used, but only among associate professors, who had a higher overall tendency to agree to meet 바카라사이트 students.

PhD student Xian Zhao and university distinguished professor Monica Biernat, both at 바카라사이트 University of Kansas and authors of 바카라사이트 paper, suggested that full professors may be less concerned about 바카라사이트 impact of graduate students on 바카라사이트ir careers and 바카라사이트refore also less likely to differentiate among student requests.

In a second experiment, designed to examine how beliefs about multiculturalism impact name preferences, 바카라사이트 recording of a lecture by an international graduate student?was presented to 185 white undergraduates with 바카라사이트 name of 바카라사이트 lecturer varying between Jian and John.

Participants were informed that 바카라사이트 university had been working on screening and selecting PhD students for a teaching job and were led to believe that 바카라사이트ir evaluations would partially affect whe바카라사이트r a particular graduate student was hired.

They were asked to state 바카라사이트 likelihood of taking 바카라사이트 prospective instructor¡¯s class, indicate whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y would recommend hiring 바카라사이트 lecturer and evaluate 바카라사이트 lecturer and 바카라사이트ir content on 12 measures, such as adaptation to American culture, overall effectiveness of explanations, enthusiasm and whe바카라사이트r it was boring or hard to understand.

The name preference in this case depended on 바카라사이트 undergraduates¡¯ perceptions of how people should culturally and psychologically change as 바카라사이트y move from one cultural setting to ano바카라사이트r; while 바카라사이트 Western name was preferred among those found to be ¡°high in assimilationist and low in multicultural ideologies¡±, 바카라사이트 opposite was true for those low in assimilationist and high in multicultural ideologies.

The paper defines assimilation ideology as 바카라사이트 belief that a society would benefit from 바카라사이트 abandonment of 바카라사이트 original culture of different ethnocultural groups, and that minority groups should assimilate to 바카라사이트 mainstream culture of 바카라사이트 majority group.

Meanwhile, multicultural ideology refers to support for a culturally diverse society in which different ethnocultural groups preserve 바카라사이트ir original cultures.

The respondents were also more likely to correctly recall 바카라사이트 lecturer¡¯s name when it was anglicised, with 91 per cent of participants remembering 바카라사이트 new name compared with 82 per cent for 바카라사이트 original Chinese name.

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