Biography
Dr. Phills co-leads the C2 (C-Squared) Social Cognition lab at the University of Oregon with Dr. Chanel Meyers. His research focuses on studies strategies to reduce implicit bias with a focus on intersectional implicit bias.
Using multiple methods to measure and reduce implicit biases, Dr. Phills aims to develop interventions that persist and target the unique prejudicesa and stereotypes faced by Black women and other people with intersectional identities.
Interests
Dr. Phills is interested in three fundamental questions about implicit bias:
- What is it?
- What causes it?
- How can we reduce it?
Education
- Ph.D., Psychology, 2013
- York University
- M.A., Psychology, 2006
- York University
- B.A. (Honors), Psychology, 2004
- York University