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.
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IGR participates in U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies panel
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.
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?
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.
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:
IGR co-director Kelly Maxwell and colleagues win U-M diversity award
Fall 2013
Congratulations to IGR co-director Kelly Maxwell! Kelly, along with Amy Harris (Museum of Natural History), Martha S. Jones (Afroamerican and African Studies, History, and Law), and Shari Robinson-Lynk (Ginsberg Center), served as the co-chairs for LSA's Understanding Race Theme Semester in Winter of 2013. This month, they were awarded a 2013 U-M Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award for their tireless work and commitment.
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.
D Alvarez Wins Spectrum Center Award
IGR's own D Alvarez will be receiving the MyVoice Award for the 2013-2014 school year from U-M's Spectrum Center this year. This award is given to a member of the MyVoice team whom The Spectrum Center staff feels has done an exceptional job as a volunteer panelist on multiple panels offered through the center.