The intergroup dialogue program at Syracuse University is deeply involved in the nexus of theory, research, and practice important for intergroup dialogue. Faculty, teaching, and research staff are familiar with and active in various expressions of social justice education. Collectively and individually, we are committed to research that develops an understanding of critical learning processes and change through education.
Intergroup Dialogue academic courses (SOC/WGS 230) were first developed as part of Syracuse University's participation in the Multiversity Intergroup Dialogue Research Project. The project brings together faculty, staff, and graduate students to develop best practices in intergroup dialogue including the development and implementation of a shared curriculum. At the center of this collaboration is a research study that examines the
educational benefits of student learning through intergroup dialogue. This research study is based on a multi-method, longitudinal, design.
During the summer of 2008, the Multiversity Project hosted an Intergroup Dialogue Institute, held at University of Michigan, to share preliminary findings from the research, as well as approaches, practices, and strategies for developing dialogue courses and programs on other campuses. During the summer of 2009, the research meeting of the Multiversity Project was hosted at Syracuse University.
For more information about research activities at Syracuse University you may contact Professor Gretchen Lopez. The project is also described on the Intergroup Dialogue Institute and University of Michigan’s Program in Intergroup Relations websites.
Multiversity Project collaborating institutions, and intergroup dialogue programs, with available online information are listed below:
Arizona State University – Intergroup Relations Center
Occidental College – Intergroup Dialogue Program
Syracuse University – Intergroup Dialogue Program
University of California, San Diego – Student Office of Human Relations, Intergroup Dialogue
University of Maryland, College Park – Words of Engagement: An Intergroup Dialogue Program
University of Massachusetts, Amherst – Social Justice Education Program
University of Michigan – Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR)
University of Texas at Austin – Intergroup Dialogue
University of Washington – IDEA, Intergroup Dialogue, Education, and Action Training & Resource Institute
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Brown, L. M., & Lopez, G. E. (2001). Political contacts: Analyzing the role of similarity in theories of prejudice. Political Psychology, 22, 279-291.
Cantor, N. (2004). Introduction. In P. Gurin, J. Lehman, E. Lewis, with E. Dey, G. Gurin, & S. Hurtado (Eds.), Defending diversity: Affirmative action at the University of Michigan (pp. 1-16). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Cantor, N., (2008, Sept. 26). Candidates, Hear the Cry: 'No Group Left Behind', The Chronicle Review, 55 (5), A33.
Gurin, P., Dey E. L., Hurtado, S., & Gurin, G. (2002). Diversity and higher education: Theory and impact on educational outcomes. Harvard Educational Review, 72, 330-366.
Gurin, P., Nagda, B.A., & Lopez, G.E. (2004). The benefits of diversity in education for democratic citizenship. Journal of Social Issues, 60, 17-34.
Lopez, G. E. (2004). Interethnic contact, curriculum, and attitudes in the first year of college. Journal of Social Issues, 60, 75-94.
Lopez, G.E., Gurin, P., & Nagda, B.A. (1998). Education and understanding structural causes for group inequalities. Political Psychology, 19, 305-329.
Stephan, W. G., & Stephan, C. W. (2001). Improving intergroup relations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Stephan, W. G., & Vogt, W. P. (Eds.) (2004). Education programs for improving intergroup relations: Theory, research, and practice. NY: Teachers College Press.
Schoem, D., & Hurtado, S. (Eds.) (2001). Deliberative democracy in school, college, community, and workplace. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Tatum, B.D. (2007). Can we talk about race? And other conversations in an era of school resegregation. Boston: Beacon Press.
Tatum, B. D. (1997). “Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” And other conversations about race. NY: Basic Books.
Zirkel, S., Lopez, G. E., & Brown, L. M. (Eds.). (2004). The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education: Interethnic contact and change in education in the 21st century. Journal of Social Issues, 60.
Zúñiga, X., Nagda, B. A., Chesler, M., & Cytron-Walke, A. (2007). Intergroup dialogue in higher education: Meaningful learning about social justice. ASHE Higher Education Report, 32(4).
Zúñiga, X., Nagda, B. A., & Sevig, T. (2002). Intergroup dialogues: An educational model for cultivating engagement across differences. Equity & Excellence in Education, 7-17.
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In addition to these campus and printed resources, some online resources include: Diversity Digest’s Model Intergroup Dialogue Programs; and "Fostering intergroup dialogue on campus: Essential ingredients" by X. Zúñiga (1998) published in Diversity Digest.
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