# Professor Dolly Chugh’s advice on how to foster equality, diversity and inclusion, from her new book, "The Person You Mean to Be," is featured

1 Faculty News September 4, 2018 ![Boston.com logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bostondotcom192x144.jpg?itok=de4fUViK)>

Excerpt from [Boston.com](https://www.boston.com/culture/lifestyle/2018/09/04/4-ways-to-become-a-better-person-according-to-a-social-psychologist) -- "'Most of us avoid saying names that we don’t know how to pronounce,' Chugh said. 'Another thing I noticed I do, and I think others do as well, is we avoid that person, we avoid interacting with them and saying their name because we are afraid we can’t say their name properly.'"

[Read more](https://www.boston.com/culture/lifestyle/2018/09/04/4-ways-to-become-a-better-person-according-to-a-social-psychologist)