The Chair of GenEQ

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Guelph

Chair of the Psychology Department's Indigenization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Committee

Expertise

Dr. Son Hing is an expert on DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). She studies inequalities and inequities in the workplace, education, and society. She researches how inequities are produced within organizations and how organizations can work to mitigate discrimination and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Son Hing investigates the factors that lead to discrimination, such as sexism, racism, classism, and other forms of bias. She also investigates people’s understandings of the inequalities that exist in our society and the degree to which they derive from meritocratic practices versus discrimination, bias, and the processes of cumulative advantage and disadvantage. She also explores how the experience of discrimination and subtle forms of mistreatment affect workers’ job attitudes and well-being. 

Dr. Son Hing has published two important papers on gender inequities and inequalities in organizations:

Working With Organizations

Dr. Son Hing has partnered with corporations, government, and non-for-profit organizations to work on DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) to help reduce discrimination and to promote fair, equitable practices that will help to promote and positively manage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.