Publications on intergroup dialogue and intergroup relations education

Abu-Nimer, M. (2004). Education for Coexistence and Arab-Jewish encounters in Israel: Potential and Challenges. Journal of Social Issues, 60(2), 405-422.

Ahmad, M., Dessel, A., Mishkin, A. Ali, N., Omar, H. (2015). Intergroup Dialogue as a Just Dialogue: Challenging and Preventing Normalization in Campus Dialogues. Digest of Middle East Studies, volume 24-2, 236-259.

Alimo, C., Kelly, R.D., & Clark, C. (2002). Intergroup dialogue program student outcomes and implications for campus racial climate: A case study. Multicultural Education, 10 (1) 49-53.

Anderson , R. & Cissna, K. (2008). Fresh Perspectives in Dialogue Theory. Communication Theory, 18, 1-4.

Bargal, D. & Garvin,C. (2008). Summary and Implications for the  Next Stage: An Epilogue. Small Group Research, 39 (1), 104-110.

Bohm D. (1996). On Dialogue. London: Routledge.

Dessel, A. et al. (2011). A critique of Hodge: Does social work really discriminate against evangelical Christians? Journal of Social Work Education, 47(2), 213-234.

Brief of National Education Association, et. al. (2003). Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents. Grutter v. Bollinger, et al., No. 02-241; Gratz v. Bollinger, et al., No. 02-516.

Brief of the American Psychological Association as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents.

Buie, S. & Wright, W. (2010). The difficult dialogues initiative at Clark University: A case study. New Directions for Higher Education, 2010: 27–34.

Chang, M. J. (1999). Does racial diversity matter? The educational impact of a racially diverse undergraduate population. Journal of College Student Development, 40, 377-395.

Chang, M. J., Hakuta, K., & Jones, J. (2002). Compelling Interest: Examining the evidence on racial dynamics in colleges and universities. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Chasin, R. et al (1996). From Diatribe to  Dialogue on Divisive Public Issues: Approaches Drawn from Family Therapy. Mediation Quarterly, 13(4), 1-19.

Checkoway, Barry. (2024). Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity: Challenging Segregation and Strengthening Diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Dessel, A. (2010). Effects of intergroup dialogue: Public school teachers and sexual orientation prejudice. Small Group Research, 41(5), 556-592.

Dessel, A. (2011). Dialogue and social change: An interdisciplinary and transformative history. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 81 (2-2), 167-183.

Dessel, A., & Ali, N. (in press). Arab/Jewish intergroup dialogue courses: Building communication skills, relationships and social justice. Small Group Research.

Dessel, A., & Ali, N. (2011). The Minds of Peace and intergroup dialogue: Two complementary approaches to peace.  Israel Affairs, 18 (1), 123-139.

Dessel, A., Bolen, R., & Shepardson, T. (2011). Can religion expression and sexual orientation affirmation coexist in social work? A critique of Hodge's theoretical, theological and conceptual frameworks. Journal of Social Work Education, 47 (2), 213-234.

Dessel, A., Bolen, R., & Shepardson, T. (2013). Hopes for intergroup dialogue: Affirmation and allies. Journal of Social Work Education.

Dessel, A. (2011). Moving beyond a systematic review of sexual reorientation therapy. Social Work, 56 (2), 178-180.

Dessel, A. (2008). Intergroup Dialogue. In A. Gitterman and R. Salmon (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Social Work with Groups. Binghamton, NY: Routledge.

Dessel, A. (2009). Prejudice in schools: Promotion of an inclusive culture and climate. Education and Urban Society, 42 (4), 407- 429.

Dessel, A., & Bolen, R. (Eds.). (in press). Conservative Christianity and Sexual Orientation In Social Work: Privilege, Oppression and the Pursuit of Human Rights. CSWE Press.

Dessel, A., & Rogge, M. (2008). Evaluation of intergroup dialogue: A review of the empirical Literature. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 26 (2), 199-238.

Dessel, A., Rogge, M., & Garlington, S. (2006). Using Intergroup Dialogue to Promote Social Justice and Change. Social Work,  51 (4), 303-315.

Dessel, A., Masse, J., & Walker, L. (2013). Intergroup dialogue pedagogy: Teaching about intersectional and under examined privilege in heterosexual, Christian, and Jewish identities. In Kim Case (Ed.), Deconstructing privilege: Teaching and learning as allies in the classroom. Routledge Press.

Dessel, A., Maxwell, K., Masse, J., & Ramus, E. (2010). Exploring religious differences and building bridges through intergroup dialogue courses. Diversity & Democracy, 13(2), 13-14.

Dessel, A., Woodford, M., & Gutierrez, L. (2012). Social Work Faculty’s Attitudes toward Marginalized Groups: Exploring the Role of Religion.  Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 31 (3), 244-262.

Dessel, A., Woodford, M. & Warren, N. (2011). Intergroup Dialogue Courses on Sexual Orientation: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Experiences and Outcomes. Journal of Homosexuality, 58 (8), 1132-1150.

Dessel, A., Woodford, M., Routenberg, R., & Breijak, D. (in press). Heterosexual students’ experiences in sexual orientation intergroup dialogue courses. Journal of Homosexuality, 60.

DeTurk, S. “The Power of Dialogue: Consequences of Intergroup Dialogue and Their Implications for Agency and Alliance Building.” Communication Quarterly, 2006, 54(1), 33-51.

Downing, R., Lubensky, M.E., Sincharoen, S., Gurin, P., Crosby, F.J., Queriolo, S., and Franco, J. (2002). "Affirmative action in higher education." Diversity Factor,10 (2) pp 15-20.

Duncan, G. J. et al (2003). Empathy or antipathy? The consequences of racially and socially diverse peers on attitudes and behaviors.

Ford, K. & Malaney, V.K. (2012). “I now harbor more pride in my race”: The Educational Benefits of Inter- and Intraracial Dialogues on the Experiences of Students of Color and Multiracial Students. Journal of Equity & Excellence in Education, 45(1), 14-35.

Ford, K. (2012). Shifting White ideological scripts: The educational benefits of inter- and intraracial curricular dialogues on the experiences of White college students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 5(3), 133-158.

Geranios, C. (1997). Cognitive, affective and behavioral outcomes of multicultural courses and intergroup dialogues in higher education. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Arizona State University.

Grutter v. Bollinger et al., U.S. 539, 02-241, 02-516 (2003)

Gurin, P. (1999) New research on the benefits of diversity in college and beyond: an empirical analysis. Diversity Digest, Spring, 5.

Gurin, P. (1999, September). The benefits of diversity: a theoretical and empirical analysis. College Board News, 28, 3.

Gurin, P., Dey E.L., Hurtado, S., and Gurin, G. (2002). Diversity and higher education: Theory and impact on educational outcomes. Harvard Educational Review, 72(3), 330-366.

Gurin, P., Dey, E.L., Gurin, G., and Hurtado, S. "How Does Diversity Promote Education?" Western Journal of Black Studies. Vol 27 (1) 20-29

Gurin, P., Gurin, G., Dey, E.L., and Hurtado, S. (2004). Educational benefits of diversity. In Gurin, P., Lehman, J., and Lewis, E. (Eds.). Defending diversity: Michigan's Affirmative Action cases. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Gurin, P., Nagda, R., Lopez, G. (2004). The benefits of diversity in education for democratic citizenship. Journal of Social Issues, 60(1), 17-34.

Gurin, P., Nagda, B.A., Zúñiga, X. (forthcoming). Engaging Race and Gender: Intergroup Dialogues in Higher Education.  New York:  Russell Sage Foundation.

Gurin, P., Nagda, B.A., & Sorensen, N. (2011). Intergroup Dialogue: Education for a Broad Conception of Civic Engagement. Liberal Education. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Gurin, P., Peng, T., Lopez, G., & Nagda, B.R. (1999). Context, identity, and intergroup relations. In D. Prentice & D. Miller (Eds.). Cultural divides: The social psychology of intergroup contact.

Chloé Gurin-Sands, Patricia Gurin, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda & Shardae Osuna (2012): Fostering a Commitment to Social Action: How Talking, Thinking, and Feeling Make a Difference in Intergroup Dialogue, Equity & Excellence in Education, 45:1, 60-79

Gutierrez, L., Dessel, A., Lewis, E., & Spencer, M. (2012). Principles, Skills and Practice Strategies for Promoting Multicultural Communication and Collaboration. In Weil, M., Reisch, M., & Ohmer, M. The Handbook of Community Practice, 2nd Edition. Sage Publications.

Hicks, S., Rich Kaplowitz, D. (2024). Facilitating Transformational Dialogues: Creating Socially Just Communities. Teachers College Press.

Hurtado, S. (2001). Linking diversity with educational purpose: How the diversity impacts the classroom environment and student development. In G. Orfield (Ed.), Diversity challenged: Legal crisis and new evidence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Publishing Group.

Hurtado, S., Dey, E.L., Gurin, P. and Gurin, G. (2003). The college environment, diversity, and student learning. In J.S. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research, Vol. 18 (145-189). Amsterdam: Luwer Academic Press.

Kaplowitz, M. D., Rich Kaplowitz, D., & Liu, Y. (2023). Intergroup dialogue success in racially diverse high school classrooms. Multicultural Education Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/2005615X.2023.2193923 

Kaplowitz, D.R., Lee, J.A., Syka, S.L. (2018, January 22). Looking to near peers to guide student discussions about race. In Phi Delta Kappan: The professional journal for educators. Arlington, VA.

Khuri, M.(2004). Facilitating Arab-Jewish Intergroup Dialogue in the College Setting.Race, Ethnicity and Education, 7(3), 229-250.

Khuri, M.(2004). Working with Emotion in Educational Intergroup Dialogue. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 28, 595-612.

Lefley, H.P. (1985) Impact of cross-cultural training on Black and White mental health professionals. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 9, 305-318.

Lopez, G.E., Gurin, P., & Nagda, B.A. (1998). Education and understanding structural causes for group inequalities. Political Psychology, 19(2), 305-329.

Lopez, G. E. and Zúñiga, X. (2010). Intergroup dialogue and democratic practice in higher education. New Directions for Higher Education, 2010: 35–42.

Maoz, I. (2001). Participation, Control, and Dominance in Communication Between Groups in Conflict: Analysis of Dialogues Between Jews and Palestinians in Israel. Social Justice Research, 14 (2), 189-208.

Maoz, I. (2003). Peace-building with the hawks: attitude change of Jewish-Israeli hawks and doves following dialogue encounters with Palestinians (International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 27,  701–714.

Maxwell, K.E., Chesler, M., & Nagda, B.A. (2011). Facilitators' Struggles and Empowered Use of Social Identities in Intergroup Dialogue. In K.E. Maxwell, B.A. Nagda, & M.C. Thompson. Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues: Bridging Differences, Catalyzing Change. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, Inc.

Maxwell, K.E., Fisher, R.A., Thompson, M.C. & Beling, C. (2011). Integrating Cognitive and Affective Learning. In K.E. Maxwell, B.A. Nagda, & M.C. Thompson. Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues: Bridging Differences, Catalyzing Change. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, Inc.

Maxwell, K.E., Nagda, B., & Thompson, M. (Eds.). (2011). Facilitating intergroup dialogues: Bridging differences, catalyzing change. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Meier, E. (2010). "Student and Facilitator Interactions in Intergroup Dialogue." PhD Dissertation. University of Michigan.

Miles, J., & Kivlighan, D. (2008). Team cognition in group interventions: The relation between coleaders' shared mental models and group climate. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 12 (3), 191-209. 

Miller, J., & Donner, S. (2000). More than just talk: The use of racial dialogues to combat racism. Social Work with Groups, 23 (1), 31-53.

Nagda, B. A. & Gurin, P. (in press). How Intergroup Dialogue works: Critical-Dialogic foundations and extensions. In C. Baik & E. Kahu (eds.), Research handbook on the student experience in higher education. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

Nagda, B. (2006). Breaking barriers, crossing borders, building bridges: Communication processes in intergroup dialogues. Journal of Social Issues, 62 (3), 553-576.

Nagda, B. A. & Gurin, P. (in press). Intergroup contact and social justice. In J. Banks (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Nagda, B.A., Gurin, P., Sorensen, N., Gurin-Sands, C., & Osuna, S. (2009). From separate corners to dialogue and action. Race and Social Problems, 1 (1), 45-55.

Nagda, B.A., Gurin, P., Sorensen, N., & Zúñiga, X. (2009). Evaluating intergroup dialogue: Engaging diversity for personal and social responsibility. Diversity & Democracy, 12 (1), 4-6. Reprint (in press) In D. Sandhu, J, B. Hudson, & M. Taylor-Archer (eds.). Handbook on Diversity in Higher Education. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Nagda, B. A., & Zúñiga, X. (2003). Fostering meaningful racial engagement through intergroup dialogues. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 6(1), 111-128.

Nagda, B. A., Gurin, P., & Lopez, G. E. (2003) Transformative pedagogy for democracy and social justice. Race Ethnicity & Education, 6(2), 165-191.

Nagda, B. A., Kim, C. W. & Truelove, Y. (2004). Learning about difference, learning with others, learning to transgress. Journal of Social Issues, 60(1), 195-214.

Nagda, B.A. & Maxwell, K.E. A Critical-Dialogic Approach to Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues. (2011). In K.E. Maxwell, B.A. Nagda, & M.C. Thompson. Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues: Bridging Differences, Catalyzing Change. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, Inc.

Nagda, B.A., Yeakley, A., Gurin, P. & Sorensen, N. (2012). Intergroup Dialogue: A Critical-Dialogic Model for Conflict Engagement. In L. Tropp (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict. Oxford University Press.

Orfield, G. and Whitla, D. (2001). Diversity and legal education: Student experiences in leading law schools. In Orfield, G. and Kurlaender, M. (Eds.). Diversity challenged: Evidence on the impact of Affirmative Action, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Publishing Group.

Petryk, T. & Thompson, M. (2010). Training model for applying intergroup dialogue techniques in residential education settings. (Unpublished manuscript).

Pettigrew, T. (1998). Intergroup contact theory. Annual Review of Psychology, 49, 65-85.

Pettigrew, T., & Tropp, L. (2000). Does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? Recent meta-analytic findings. In S. Oskamp. (Ed.). Reducing prejudice and discrimination (pp. 93-114). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Robinson, J.W., Jr., & Preston, J.D. (1976). Equal status contact and modification of racial prejudice: A reexamination of the contact hypothesis. Social Forces, 54, 911-924.

Routenberg, r., & Sclafani, T. (2011, January 12). Facilitating through ‘perfectly logical explanations (PLEs)’ and other challenging participant comments.Voices: Commission for Social Justice Educators’ Quarterly Newsletter, pp. 6.

Routenberg, r., Thompson, E., & Waters, R. (2011). When neutrality is not enough: Wrestling with the challenges of multipartiality. Unpublished manuscript.

Rodenborg, N., & Huynh, N. “On Overcoming Segregation: Social Work and Intergroup Dialogue.” Social Work with Groups, 2006, 29 (1), 27-44.

Schatz, M., Furman, R., & Jenkins, L. (2003). Space to Grow: Using Dialogue Techniques for Multinational Multicultural Learning. International Social Work, 46, 481-494.

Schoem, D., Hurtado, S., Sevig, T., Chesler, M., Sumida, S.H. (2001). Intergroup dialogue: Democracy at work in theory and practice, In D. Schoem & S. Hurtado (Eds.), Intergroup Dialogue: Deliberative democracy in school, college, community, and workplace (pp. 1-21). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Sorensen, N., Nagda, B., Gurin, P., & Maxwell, K. (2009). Taking a "Hands On" approach to diversity in higher education: A critical-dialogic model for effective intergroup interaction. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 9 (1), 3-35.

Sorensen, N., Nagda, B.A., Gurin, P., & Stephan, W.G. (under review). The road to empathy: An empirical test of a critical-dialogic process model of intergroup communication. Group Processes.

Sorensen, N., Nagda, B.A., Gurin, P., Stephan, W.G., & Gonzales, R. (under review). Empathy in interracial interactions: Not just what we say but how we say it.

Spencer, M., Brown, M., Griffin, S., & Abdullah, S. (2008). Outcome Evaluation of the Intergroup Project. Small Group Research 2008; 39; 82-103.

Stephan, W.G. & Stephan, C.W. (2001). Improving intergroup relations. Thousand Oaks: CA: Sage

Thompson, M.C., Brett, T.G. & Behling, C. (2001) Educating for social justice: The program on intergroup relations, conflict, and community at the University of Michigan. In D. Schoem & S. Hurtado (Eds.), Intergroup dialogue: Deliberative democracy in school, college, community and workplace (pp. 99-114). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan.

Thompson, M.C., Maxwell, K. (2019). Learning Dialogic Skills for Effective Campus Conversations. In P. Magolda, M. Magolda, and R. Carducci (Eds.), Contested Issues in Troubled Times: Student Affairs Dialogues on Equity, Civility, and Safety (Ch. 2). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Vasques-Scalera, C. (1999). Democracy, diversity and dialogue: Education for critical multicultural citizenship. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.

Walsh, C. (2006). Communities, Race, and Talk: An Analysis of the Occurrence of Civic Intergroup Dialogue Programs. The Journal of Politics, 68, No. 1, pp. 22–33

Waters, R. (2010). Understanding allyhood as a developmental process. About Campus: Enriching the Student Learning Experience, (15)5, 2-8

Werkmeister Rozas, L. (2007). Engaging dialogue in our diverse social work student body: A multilevel theoretical process model. Journal of Social Work Education, 43 (1), 5-29.

Werkmeister-Rozas, L. (2003) The effect of intergroup dialogue on cross-racial friendships and cross-racial interaction in a learning environment. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Smith College School of Social Work.

Wernick, L., Dessel, A., Kulick, A., Graham, L. (in press). LGBTQQ youth creating change: Developing youth allies through creative performance and dialogue. Children and Youth Services Review.

Yeakley, A. (1998). The nature of prejudice change: Positive and negative change processes arising from intergroup contact experiences. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan.

Zúñiga, X., Lopez, G., and Ford, K. (Eds.). (2014). Intergroup Dialogue: Engaging Difference, Social Identities, and Social Justice: Research Perspectives and New Directions. New York, NY: Routledge.

Zúñiga, X., & Nagda, B. A. (1993). Dialogue groups: An innovative approach to multicultural learning. In D. Schoem, L. Frankel, X. Zúñiga, & E. Lewis (Eds.), Multicultural teaching in the university (pp. 233-248). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Zúñiga, X., & Sevig, T. D. (1997). Bridging the "us/them" divide through intergroup dialogues and peer leadership. Diversity Factor, 6(2), 23-28.

Zúñiga, X., Nagda, B. A., & Sevig, T. D. (2002). Intergroup dialogues: An educational model for cultivating engagement across differences. Equity and Excellence in Education, 35(1),7-17.

Zúñiga, X., Vasques-Scalera, C., Nagda, B. A., & Sevig, T. D. (1996). Dismantling the walls: Peer facilitated inter-race/ethnic dialogues processes and experiences. PCMA Working Paper, No 49, The Program on Conflict Management Alternatives, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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