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Teresa McCook explains the poster, “Measurement of Implicit Bias in Students Pursuing a Law Enforcement Career,” that won second place in the competition. MEASUREMENTOF IMPLICIT BIAS IN STUDENTS PURSUING A LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER Clackamas Q ackamas Teresa M cCook, Chelsea Vincenzi Clackamas C om m unity College Community College Community Collège iTOWCTOH ■rheK^5rdAm^htTesö.d^»i»ögnai%^sPiw.vttn»pl»iÄ- ïttq&s <W od^^T*^ífA Ti. v^ijfe^Wwesed, a«4 an «dätferbi i^iötsgrepb«: ‘4«Kstú>nKa«v. 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T M I m SB Hv/^ÄirkcHn RrSThv Students’ poster wins big in Vegas BY MERARI CALDERON RUIZ E n terin g a co m p etitio n is a jo u rn ey th a t n o t everyone w ill w in , b u t th ese C lack am as stu d en ts did. The W estern Association o f Crim inal Justice is affiliated W ith th e A c a d e m y o f C r im in a l Ju s tic e S c ie n c e s an d th e y h ave re g io n a l co n feren ces every y ear, u su ally at d ifferen t lo ca tio n s. O n O ct. 12-14, th e co n feren ce and p o ster co m p etitio n too k place in Las V egas. “ Not all o f th e regional affiliation s have student poster se ssio n aw ards,” said A lis o n B u rke, th e p re sid en t o f th e W A C J. “ W è a re able to w in a m o n etary award fo r o u tsta n d in g p o ste rs .” Teresa M cC o o k , a C la ck a m a s stu d e n t, an d C h e lse a V in cen zi, a fo rm er C C C stu d en t w ho h as m oved o n to M arylhurst U n iversity, conducted th e ir research during sum m er term o f 2016. They com pleted their poster titled “ M easu rem en t o f Im p licit B ias in Stu d en ts P u rsuin g a Law E n fo rcem en t Career. ” T h e y c o lle c te d d a ta u s in g H a rv a rd U n iv e r s ity ’ s Project Im p licit A sso ciatio n T est, w h ich stu d en ts too k in th e cla sse s in tro d u ctio n to Law e n fo rc e m e n t an d C rim in o logy . . .T heir re s e a rch m e a su re d th e r a c e -r e la te d b ia s in in d iv id u a ls g o in g in to law e n fo r c e m e n t care ers as ♦ W a rn a s Print NOVEMBER 9,Z016 thedaekämasprintcom opposed to people w ho are n ot. The students took three IAT tests, “ T h ey h ad to tak e th e lig h t s k in v ersu s dark sk in , preference for black faces over w hite faces and association o f dangerous w eapons w ith A frica n A m e ric a n s ,” said Ida F lip p o, a C rim in a l Ju stice instructo r a t th e co llege. “ Those were the three th at we'identified th at we thought w o u ld give u s th e m o s t in te re s tin g in fo rm a tio n and relevant in form atio n fo r w h at we were trying to study. ” A fte r M c C o o k an d V in c e n z i co m p le te d th e p o ster, Flippo helped the girls prepare for w hat a poster session is lik e . Several s ta ff and fa cu lty o n ca m p u s cam e over, to lo o k at th e p o ster, asked q u estio n s an d gave th eir feedback to th e stu d en ts. “ I th o u g h t it w as really good. T hey did a good jo b ,” said Sharron Furno, a C rim in al Ju stice instructor. “ They follow ed all th e d irection s and gu id elin es to a t e e .” T h en cam e th e W A CJ co m p etitio n . There were 11 total poster en tries and three ju d ges. “ W hen they first cam e in , I Was going around loo k in g,” said M cC oo k . “ I w as nervous th e n , but by th e tim e th ey got to th e secon d p erso n , I w as fin e . I w as lik e , th is is a piece o f cak e. ” A ccord in g to B urke, th e stu den ts did a o n e -o n -o n e presen tatio n w ith th e judges, and th en th e ju d ges le ft th e room for about 20 m in u tes to tally up th e scores. - “ W h en th ey said ‘ Second p la c e ,’ I ’ m [gonna] tell you, I n ever heard m y n am e. A ll I heard w as M easu rem en t o f Im p licit and I start sc re a m in g ,” said M cC oo k. “ T h at w as it, I start scream in g an.d Ida starts cry in g .” E T h is w as th e fir s t fim e ’th a t a c o m m u n ity co lle g e entered th e W A CJ co m p etitio n . “ H avin g undergraduate students there is phenom enal andrwe love h av in g th a t,” said B urke. “ The com petition is fierce th o u g h . She w en t up again st m aster students and th e person w ho w on first place w a s a P h .D . student. So h a v in g C lack am as C o m m u n ity Co llege represent is am azing and the fa ct th at it was good enough for second place is p h e n o m e n a l.” T h ere w ere o n ly aw ards fo r fir s t , secon d an d th ird place. V in cen zi and M cC o o k received th e second place prize, a ch eck fo r $150. A ccord in g to Flip p o, there is a new group o f stu d e n ts fo r m u la tin g w h a t th e y w ill s tu d y , an d are g o in g to en ter an o th er com petition^ bu t tfyey w o n ’t know u n til February.
