June 3, 2026
Elisa Vega reflects on how her IGR experiences shaped her approach to facilitation, communicating across difference, and learning with and from others in higher education spaces.
Intergroup dialogue facilitation is a science and an art, where facilitators provide opportunities for meaningful interaction among participants within and across groups.
Peer facilitation at IGR
In our program we use a peer-to-peer model, with co-facilitators who carry social identities similar to each of the two major groups participating in the dialogue. This co-facilitation helps to make all participants feel represented in dialogue leadership, and peer- to-peer leadership provides a more engaged and democratic model of education. (Source: IGR Insight #7)
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Dialogic Facilitation Training for U-M faculty and staff
Dialogic Facilitation Training—the newest programmatic offering through IGR’s Community of Scholars—is a four week program launching winter 2026 for faculty and staff interested in growing their facilitation skills rooted in dialogic pedagogy and practice.
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Related news
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Graduate profile: Elisa Vega (MA '26)
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Finding CommonGround: Facilitating real conversations
February 23, 2026
“The work has challenged me to listen more intentionally, speak more thoughtfully, and show up with deeper integrity... And that, to me, is transformative education at its best.”
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A practice of becoming: Views from the facilitator’s seat
May 30, 2025
"We do work to facilitate people expressing their humanity."
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Take these tools everywhere—Madison Krumins’ journey from facilitator to Fulbright Scholar
May 30, 2023
An openness to new and differing ideas. An ability and confidence to communicate effectively across difference. Seeing conflict not as ‘bad,’ but as an opportunity for dialogue.
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More dialogue at Michigan
IGR works alongside a growing number of schools, colleges, and initiatives to support and expand dialogue at the University of Michigan.
