Charles Behling is an Emeritus Faculty Member of the University of Michigan. He recently retired from the psychology faculty at U-M. A clinical psychologist, he served for 15 years as Co-Director of IGR.
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IGR participates in U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies panel
Fall 2013
IGR's own Dr. Adrienne Dessel recently participated in a U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies event called Conversations on Community, Identity, and Israel: Making Sense of the Pew Portrait of Jewish Americans.
IGR Student Writes Thoughtful Piece on the Term "Minority"
IGR Student and Michigan Daily Columnist Zeinab Khalil wrote a thoughtful piece for the Michigan Daily called "When 'Minority' doesn't work."
You can also read a previous piece from Zeinab here.
IGR Student Voices: Equity Over Equality
IGR strongly supports students joining campus conversations on identity and social justice. Today we share a piece from IGR student Elena Ross, published in the Michigan Daily.
Elena also shared how her experiences in IGR have helped her to explore her views on social issues.
Warm Welcome: D. Alvarez
D. recently joined IGR's staff as an Interim Student Life Program Manager. His focus is on managing the CommonGround program, teaching IGR's training course and furthering CommonGround's research agenda. D. is excited to dive into his work with the CommonGround team and he hopes to see CommonGround spread into new areas of the U-M community.
Faculty Chat: Adrienne Dessel
You may know IGR staff member Dr. Adrienne Dessel from her role of Instructor in:
- Foundations of Intergroup Relations
- Training Processes in Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation
- Conflict and Co-existence
We thought we'd take a few minutes to shed light on some things you may not know about Adrienne. We sat down with her and asked her several questions, so that we could share the answers with you.
What is the most life-changing book you've ever read?
Student Voices: Erika Shaid
Today we feature fourth-year student Erika Shaid. Erika joined Greek Life on U-M's campus and played an active role in her sorority (including holding leadership positions). Erika is also very involved as an IGR student.
Erika recently gave a "witness report" at a hearing for the Fall 2013 Theta Xi Party Hearing. We asked Erika about what motivated her to give the report. She said:
CommonGround Monthly Meetings Encourage Continuous Learning
by Jessica Sumney, Graduate Intern
Although our new CommonGround facilitators participate in an intensive weekend-long training retreat at the beginning of each semester, there is always more to learn about facilitating social justice education. That's why CommonGround has dedicated this semester's monthly meetings to exposing facilitators and student coordinators to the activities and exercises available in the IGR catalog.
Pilot of IGR Live Webinar Series a Success
IGR staff is continually thinking of new ways to learn and share with colleagues on campus and around the world. This year, IGR decided to leverage online technology by creating a webinar series as a new way to disseminate information and foster discussion. IGR piloted its first webinar in mid-February. The webinar was held by IGR’s Research Director, Dr. Patricia Gurin.
A letter from the directors—winter 2014
April 17, 2014
Welcome to the Winter 2014 tri-annual newsletter of The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) at the University of Michigan! We in IGR always look forward to this time of year because it gives us the opportunity to reflect and celebrate student achievements, both in and out of the classroom.