Table 7.

Department Climate Change, by Race/Ethnicity

	Persons of Color		Majority
Climate change item	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Respectful interactions in department meetings	0.12	0.11	0.26a	0.06
Inclusive physical environments in common department areas	0.13	0.11	0.19a	0.05
Jokes or sarcastic comments about diversity and inclusion	0.22	0.11	0.33a	0.07
Spotlighting or targeting of women, minorities, or other individuals from minority groups	0.11	0.10	0.06	0.07
Explicit discussions of potential biases in department processes (e.g., admissions, hiring, promotion, awards)	0.37b,c	0.11	0.76a,c	0.06

Notes: Persons of color N=27; Majority Persons N=72. “Persons of Color” are respondents who self-identified as either “non-white” or “faculty/staff of color.” “Majority persons” did not identify as nonwhite or a person of color. Means are calculated on a three-point scale, with +1 indicating a positive change, −1 indicating a negative change, and 0 indicating no change. One-sample t-test; null hypothesis mean=0 tests for change within a group; two-sample t-test tests for differences between groups.

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