Deborah Slosberg is the assistant director for The Program on Intergroup Relations. She works with the Student Life team to provide strategic leadership for IGR's co-curricular programming through CommonGround, SET, and strategic partnerships. She helps coordinate the annual National Intergroup Dialogue Institute and provides consultations to outside colleges and universities. Deborah also teaches and assists with research and assessment efforts.
Deborah holds a PhD in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University (BGSU) where she conducted research on skills used by intergroup dialogue facilitators. She holds a master's in college student personnel from BGSU and a Bachelor of Arts in general studies from the University of Michigan, where she focused on sociology, women’s studies, and American culture. She has spent time as a campus organizer with the Ohio Public Interest Research Group and coordinated service-learning programs through U-M’s Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning and the University of Maryland-College Park's Leadership & Community Service-Learning unit.
Educational background
- PhD in higher education administration, Bowling Green State University
- MA in college student personnel, Bowling Green State University
- BA in general studies, University of Michigan
Recent publications and presentations
- Slosberg, D. A. (2025). A Generic Descriptive-Interpretive Qualitative Study Of Intergroup Dialogue Facilitators' Reflections On Their Facilitation Skills [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1743271560922377
- Slosberg, D. A. & Thompson, M. (2024). Intergroup dialogue facilitator techniques: The role of facilitators. In S. D. Hicks & D. R. Kaplowitz (Eds.), Facilitating transformative dialogues: Creating socially just communities. Teachers College Press.
- Abid, R. & Slosberg, D. A. (2024, January). Feedback: How to give it, how to get it, and how not to sweat it. Presentation at the annual University of Michigan Student Life Professional Development Conference. Ann Arbor, MI.
- Slosberg, D. A. (2023, June). Anti-critical race theory laws: What social justice educators need to know [Conference presentation]. Difficult Dialogue National Resource Center 2023 conference. San Jose, CA.
- Hernandez, E., Slosberg, D. A., Vargas-Leon, C., Wheat, M. (2023, June). The hidden work of community building for conflict [Conference presentation]. Difficult Dialogue National Resource Center 2023 conference. San Jose, CA.