November 3, 2025
U-M faculty and staff from across campus are coming together around their shared interest in pedagogical skills to create lasting connections.
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Building campus capacity, advancing dialogue and intergroup relations education
Discover opportunities designed for faculty and staff—higher education professionals across the country, as well as here at the University of Michigan—to strengthen your expertise in intergroup dialogue, deepen connections, and create impactful programs rooted in dialogic pedagogy and practice.
U-M faculty and staff
Community of Scholars
Build your skills in intergroup dialogue, connect with colleagues, and advance social justice education at U-M.
Eight week seminar in the fall for faculty and staff interested in learning about intergroup dialogue pedagogy.
120-minute intergroup dialogue sessions offered during winter semester, facilitated by IGR faculty.
A four week program to grow your facilitation skills, rooted in dialogic pedagogy and practice.
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Learn more about Community of Scholars
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What is Community of Scholars?
IGR's Community of Scholars is an intentional space for U-M faculty and staff to gain skills and experience with Intergroup Dialogue and dialogic pedagogy, while building meaningful relationships with passionate colleagues and IGD practitioners. Once you have participated in one of our offerings, we consider you part of our community! We hope this community fosters connection, growth, and joy for colleagues who are interested in practicing and advancing social justice education at the University of Michigan.
Staff
Patrick Kazyak-Albaladejo Muñiz
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Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships and Dissemination
Patrick Kazyak-Albaladejo Muñiz is the associate director for strategic partnerships and dissemination at The Program on Intergroup Relations. In their role, Patrick provides leadership and guidance in the creation, implementation, and assessment of strategic relationships and partnerships to help U-M build capacity for dialogic education and advance the field of intergroup relations education nationally. They are also responsible for coordination of the National Intergroup Dialogue Institute as well as IGR’s consultation program.
Christina S. Morton
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IGR Curriculum and Instruction Program Director
Christina S. Morton, PhD is the curriculum and instruction program director at The Program on Intergroup Relations, and an associate director for campus dialogue education. In her role, she provides strategic leadership and administrative support toward advancing IGR’s mission as well as teaches courses focused on the training and development of peer educators in dialogue facilitation.
danny alvarez
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Lecturer IV
danny alvarez is a lecturer with The Program on Intergroup Relations in the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. They're a passionate facilitator, educator, and organizer who has applied social work practices to their work for the last decade. With practices strongly rooted in popular education and intergroup dialogue pedagogy, they have taught, developed and managed programs at both U-M and Stanford University over the last 5 years.
External faculty, staff, and higher ed leaders
Build an intergroup dialogue program on your campus
Our team will work with you and your colleagues—faculty, administrators, and leaders at your institution—to create and grow your program.
Consultations for colleagues that are outside of U-M to advance intergroup relations education across the country.
Join us to learn the philosophy and model of IGR for the purpose of creating a dialogue program on your home campus.
Train to facilitate transformational intergroup dialogues—and learn how to train others at your institution.
Rooted in the Michigan Model of Intergroup Dialogue
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