Intergroup Dialogue Basics Seminar is an eight week program offered each fall for faculty and staff interested in learning about Intergroup Dialogue pedagogy while engaging in some individual and group experiential activities.
Participation requires a commitment to attend all sessions and complete short assignments in between each meeting.
Join our fall 2024 cohort
Applications for our fall 2024 Intergroup Dialogue Basics Seminar will open in July 2024, but there are more Community of Scholars opportunities in the future. Fill out our short interest form for our winter faculty/staff dialogues and next fall's basics seminar.
About 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—IGD Basics or Intergroup Dialogues for Faculty & Staff—we consider you part of our community!
Related staff
Patrick Kazyak-Albaladejo Muñiz
Patrick Kazyak-Albaladejo Muñiz (they/them) 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.
Stephanie Hicks
Stephanie Hicks, PhD (she/her/hers) is a lecturer at The Program on Intergroup Relations and a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at U-M. Her teaching and research foci include diversity, equity and inclusion policy in higher education, intergroup dialogue and social justice education. As a lecturer, Stephanie teaches courses for the Program and coordinates the Race & Ethnicity Engagement efforts between IGR and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts.
danny alvarez
danny alvarez (they/them) 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.
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