Code switching prevents people from feeling like they can be themselves, but culture coding is a heightened form of situational awareness that taps into the multidimensional nature of our true selves.

What exactly is code-switching? Many of us may do it and not even realize it. Others may have never heard this term before, and some others may not acknowledge it as a real thing. Usually groups in ...

WASHINGTON — In 1999, Jeff Stone, Christian I. Lynch, Mike Sjomeling and John M. Darley witnessed an unusual and illuminating phenomenon. The sociologists asked study participants to play some mini ...

We all want to be seen in an unbiased way. We do not want stereotypes, prejudices, or preconceptions to distort other people’s perceptions of our capacities, capabilities and potentials. We may want ...

Vice President Kamala Harris ruffled some feathers when she appeared to adopt a different tone or accent with a crowd than she had previously during her recent campaign trip to Detroit to talk about ...

Living as a black person in the UK, changing the way you interact with different audiences can become a lifelong practice. Growing up, I noticed the way my dad’s strong Nigerian accent would soften ...

The Penn janitorial employee wipes down your table after you and your friends finish lunch in Houston Market, clearing the mess you left behind. You, seemingly the only one in your group to ...

James Felton Keith is CEO at Inclusion Score Inc. and Labor Economist at Keith Institute. His latest book is #DataIsLabor. Last year, during a certification class I taught on the International ...

In The Atlantic’s April issue, William Brennan wrote about Julie Washington, a speech pathologist who believes that helping kids switch seamlessly between dialects is a key to their success. I read ...

The behavior is necessary for advancement — but it takes a great psychological toll. by Courtney L. McCluney, Kathrina Robotham, Serenity Lee, Richard Smith and Myles Durkee At this point in my career ...