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.
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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.
IGR Lecturer Timothy Corvidae Wins Faculty Development Grant
IGR is proud to announce a grant award for IGR Lecturer Timothy Corvidae. Timothy holds appointments in IGR, The Global Scholars Program, and The Center for Global and Intercultural Studies (CGIS).
Alumni Voices: Sharon Jacobs
This is the first in a series of “Alumni Voices” articles from IGR. The aim of the series is to provide alumni with a space to share their stories, and their journey from being an IGR student to where they are in their lives currently.
Sharon Jacobs
Conservative Christian Beliefs and Sexual Orientation in Social Work By Adrienne Dessel
IGR is proud to announce an upcoming major book publication, co-edited by IGR's Dr. Adrienne Dessel. Dr. Dessel's book, titled Conservative Christian Beliefs and Sexual Orientation in Social Work: Privilege, Oppression and the Pursuit of Human Rights, is slated for publication in Spring 2014 and includes four chapters on intergroup dialogue. It is co-edited by Rebecca M. Bolen at the University of Tennessee.
From the book description:
IGR's Adrienne Dessel Receives Award
We in IGR are very proud of our own Adrienne Dessel. Dr. Dessel received the Alumni Special Recognition Award for written work from her alma mater, Simmons College. Dr. Dessel co-wrote the winning article Intergroup Dialogue Courses on Sexual Orientation: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Experiences and Outcomes with Michael Woodford and Naomi Warren in a 2011 issue of the Journal of Homosexuality.
The award description is as follows:
Alumni Spotlight: Joe Person
Joe Person’s passion for IGR began when he enrolled in a dialogue on sexual orientation during his second-year in the winter of 2004. Before graduating from U-M in 2006 with a BA in English Literature, he completed the IGR training program for dialogue facilitation. Following graduation, Joe joined the IGR team full-time serving as the Program Assistant for over two years and in 2011 he earned his Master’s degree in Public Policy from U-M. He currently works as a Research Associate & Project Evaluator for the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Chicago.
CommonGround programming team
The programming team oversees the development of CommonGround's curriculum, training and onboarding of facilitators, coordination of workshops, and curriculum.
Adriana Aldana and Davin Phoenix (Fall 2014)
For this profile, we are featuring two very dedicated and long-time members of the IGR community: Adriana Aldana and Davin Phoenix. These talented individuals have been involved in IGR over the last several years in numerous roles: as Graduate Student Instructors, Researchers, a Program Manager (Adriana), and as dedicated volunteers for IGR events. Both Adriana and Davin just received their Ph.D.s from U-M this summer, and have started the next phase of their lives in Irvine, California.