Bias in Reviewer Groups?

Tiffany Gammell
Tiffany Gammell
in Blackbaud Award Management™ & Blackbaud Stewardship Management™ Discussions

Our university is researching an issue that has been presented with showing a students legal name vs. preferred name in Reviewer Groups. Some feel that it is introducing bias in the review cycle in the event that the student has gone through a name change or requires gender identity protections. Have any other organizations dealt with/or have you chosen to redact legal name information from an application?

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  • Christin Grissom
    Christin Grissom Blackbaud Employee
    Third Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant

    Hi, @Tiffany Gammell! Coming from a product perspective, you can remove name visibility for reviewers in the review process to help with these challenges. Take a look at this Knowledge Base Article for details:

    I'm hopeful that other users may have some advice to share about what they've done too.

  • Tara Connolly
    Tara Connolly
    Eighth Anniversary Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1

    @Tiffany Gammell We remove names from the review process. Reviewers only see a number for the applicant.

  • Lindley Davis
    Lindley Davis
    Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant First Anniversary

    @Tiffany Gammell

    Our organization uses preferred name instead of legal name. However, we've run into similar issues and have begun utilizing anonymous reviews. Many of our units review on a conditional level. Since BBAM only lets you set up anonymous reviews by opportunity or by flipping the whole system to anonymous, we've had to split our review cycle into two parts. We flip the whole system to anonymous for groups that need to review that way and then flip it back for groups that need to see names (primarily performance-based units like theater).

  • Kim Simpkins
    Kim Simpkins
    Name Dropper First Anniversary Facilitator 1

    @Tiffany Gammell

    Our reviewers do not see any personally identifying information including: name, student ID #, address, phone number, or email address. That information is hidden using the available feature in Awards Management.

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