Intergroup DialogueSyracuse University

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Recent Publications

Gurin, P., Sorensen, N., Lopez, G. E., & Nagda, B. A. (forthcoming). Intergroup dialogue: Race still matters. In R. Bangs, G. Koeske, & L. Davis (Eds), Handbook on race and social problems. NY: Springer Press.

Gurin, P., Sorenson, N., Nagda, B. A., Stephan, W. G., Gonzalez, R., Lopez, G. E., & Rodriguez, J. (forthcoming). Effects of intergroup dialogue: A focus on processes and outcomes. In P. Gurin, B. A. Nagda, & X. Zúñiga (Eds.), Engaging race and gender: Intergroup dialogue in higher education. To be published by Russell Sage Foundation, New York.

Lopez, G. E., Ford, K. A., & Zúñiga, X. (forthcoming, scheduled May 2013). Intergroup dialogue: Research perspectives across educational contexts. In X. Zuniga, G. E. Lopez, & K. A. Ford (Eds.), Intergroup dialogue: Engaging difference, social identities, and social justice. To be published by Routledge.

Zúñiga, X., Lopez, G. E., & Ford, K. A. (forthcoming, scheduled May 2013). Intergroup dialogue as social justice education. In X. Zuniga, G. E. Lopez, & K. A. Ford (Eds.), Intergroup dialogue: Engaging difference, social identities, and social justice. To be published by Routledge.

Zúñiga, X., Lopez, G. E., & Ford, K. A. (Eds.) (forthcoming, scheduled May 2013). Intergroup dialogue: Engaging difference, social identities, and social justice. To be published by Routledge.

Lopez, G. E., & Nastasi, A. W. (2012). Writing the divide: High school students crossing urban-suburban contexts, Equity & Excellence in Education, 45(1).

Zúñiga, X., Lopez, G. E., & Ford, K. A. (2012). Intergroup dialogue: Critical conversations about difference, social identities, and social justice education [introduction]. Equity & Excellence in Education, 45(1).

Zúñiga, X., Lopez, G. E., & Ford, K. A. (Eds.) (2012). Intergroup dialogue: Engaging difference, social identities, and social justice [special issue]. Equity & Excellence in Education, 45(1).

Lopez, G. E., & Zúñiga, X. (2010). Intergroup dialogue and democratic practice in higher education. New Directions for Higher Education, 152, 35-42.

Recent Presentations

Lopez, G. E. (Chair) (2013, April). The Impact of Intergroup Dialogue: Engaging Social Identities Through Critical Pedagogy. Symposium at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lopez, G. (2013, April). Implications of Cross-School Dialogue: Developing Critical Consciousness and Civic Agency Among High School Students. Research presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Nastasi, A.W. (2013, April). Spotlighting Justice: Evaluating University-High School Collaborations for Student Initiated Social Action. Research presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Madden, M. (2013, April). Critical Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Epistemic Dignity.  Paper presented at the 2013 New York State Foundations of Education Association Conference, Hamilton, NY.

Swords, D. & Soto, J. (2013, March). Dialogue in Action: Applying Dialogue for Justice Inside and Outside the Academy. Workshop presented as part of the Syracuse University Maxwell School’s Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) Conflict Management Center’s 2012-2013 Conflict Series. Syracuse, NY.

Catalano, C. (2013, March). It’s not just a memo: Re-imagining an Intergroup Dialogue action project. Paper presented at The 6th Annual Conference on Equity & Social Justice, Testing Our Limits: Teaching and Learning with Courage and Conviction, New Paltz, NY.

Madden, M. (2013, March). Consciousness Raised! The Case for Intergroup Dialogue Pedagogy and the Development of Undergraduate Social-Class Consciousness. Paper presented at The 6th Annual Conference on Equity & Social Justice, Testing Our Limits: Teaching and Learning with Courage and Conviction, New Paltz, NY.

Nastasi, A.W. (2013, March). Voices Spotlighting Justice: Youth Participatory Action through University-Urban High School Collaborations. Paper presented at The 6th Annual Conference on Equity & Social Justice, Testing Our Limits: Teaching and Learning with Courage and Conviction, New Paltz, NY.

Soto, J. (2013, March). The ‘Other’ Within: An Auto-Ethnography of Facilitating Intergroup Dialogue Course on Race/Ethnicity. Paper presented at The 6th Annual Conference on Equity & Social Justice, Testing Our Limits: Teaching and Learning with Courage and Conviction, New Paltz, NY.

Soto, J. & Nastasi, A.W.  (2012, November). Intergroup Dialogue: Understanding Diverse Social Identities, Moving Towards Social Justice. Workshop presented at the annual National Association for Multicultural Educators, Philadelphia, PA.

Dodd, J.,  Mukherjee, S., Stanger, A. &  Swords, D. (2012, November). Standpoint as an “Achievement”—Pedagogical Strategies of Un/Learning. Roundtable discussion presented at the annual National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, CA.

Lopez, G. E. (2012, October). Learning through intergroup dialogue: Educational implications for understanding inequality. Invited presentation for faculty and graduate students as part of Engaged Cornell speaker series, Cornell Public Service Center and Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Lopez, G. E. (2012, October). Dialogue in action: Developing critical awareness and agency among high school students. Invited presentation to community partners as part of Engaged Cornell speaker series, Cornell Public Service Center and Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Lopez, G. E. (2012, June). Students in dialogue: Educational experiences and engagement. Research presentation as part of symposium, “Scholarship in action: Research, policy, and practice for students of color” at annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), New York City, NY.

Lopez, G. E. (2012, May). Impact of intergroup dialogue on understanding inequality. Research presentation as part of symposium, “Talking about race” at biennial conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, Ann Arbor, MI.

Nastasi, A. W. (Chair) (2012, May). Dialogic practices for social change. Symposium at the Conference on Rhetoric, Activism, & Research, Syracuse, New York.

Nastasi, A.W., Terry, A., Brown, B., Stallings, H. & Fetner, S. (2012, May). Yes, you are “that kind of white person,” but we can still work together!: Building coalitions for shared social action in race dialogues. Paper presented at the Conference on Rhetoric, Activism, & Research, Syracuse, New York.

Davison, S. (2012, May). Dialogic practices for social change. Paper presented at the Conference on Rhetoric, Activism, & Research, Syracuse, New York.

Madden, M. (2012, May). Social action(ivism): The case for dialogue in action in the undergraduate classroom as representative of social activism. Paper presented at the Conference on Rhetoric, Activism, & Research, Syracuse, New York.

Salter, C. (2012, March). Every day activism. Presentation at the Life Gets Better Together (LGBT) Conference at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

Lopez, G. E. (2011, November). Dialogue matters: Listening to and learning from college and high school students. Research presentation as part of the 2011-2012 Five Colleges Women’s Studies Research Center lecture series, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.

Gray, C. C. (2011, July). Diversity: (Re)focusing on intersectional identities. Presentation at International Conference on Education (ICE) at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Lopez, G. E. (2011, May). Education in dialogue. Presentation to Academic Coordinating Committee, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

Lopez, G. E. (Chair) (2011, April). Dialogues across contexts: Social identities, understanding, and action. Symposium at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Nastasi, A. W., & Lopez, G. E. (2011, April). Writing the divide: High school students crossing urban-suburban contexts. Research presentation at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Lopez, G. E. (2010, October). Intergroup dialogue: Scholarship in action. Presentation to School of Education Board of Visitors, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

Lopez, G. E., & Galbato, L. (2010, May). Intergroup dialogue and students’ beliefs about group inequalities. Presentation as part of symposium, P. Gurin (Chair), “Learning about structural inequalities: Why, how and for what?” at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Davison, S. M., & Lopez, G. E. (2010, April). Education through dialogue. In S. M. Davison & C. C. Gray (Co-Chairs), Education through dialogue: Developing critical perspectives. Presentation included as part of symposium for New York State Foundations of Education meeting, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

Galbato, L. C. (2010, April). Critical analysis of college students’ social class identities. In S. M. Davison & C. C. Gray (Co-Chairs), Education through dialogue: Developing critical perspectives. Presentation included as part of symposium for New York State Foundations of Education meeting, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

Gray, C. C. (2010, April). Outcomes of dialogue: A qualitative look at oppressed <=> resisting students’ final papers. In S. M. Davison & C. C. Gray (Co-Chairs), Education through dialogue: Developing critical perspectives. Presentation included as part of symposium for New York State Foundations of Education meeting, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

Robertson, T., & Patel, S. (2010, April). Masculinities, men, and dialogue: Gendering male interpersonal communication. In S. M. Davison & C. C. Gray (Co-Chairs), Education through dialogue: Developing critical perspectives. Presentation included as part of symposium for New York State Foundations of Education meeting, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

Salter, C. (2010, April). The invisible curriculum of whiteness. In S. M. Davison & C. C. Gray (Co-Chairs), Education through dialogue: Developing critical perspectives. Presentation included as part of symposium for New York State Foundations of Education meeting, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

Intergroup Dialogue as an Example of Scholarship in Action

Cantor, N. (2012, May). The Public Mission of Higher Education: Barn-Raisings a Century Later. Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching & Learning Symposium. Madison, Wisconsin.

Cantor, N. (2012, April). Scholarship in Action: For a New Generation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting.  Vancouver, Canada.

Cantor, N. (2011, April). Scholarship in Action: Remapping higher education. Anna and Samuel Pinanski Lecture at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.

Cantor, N. (2010). Universities and democratic culture. In D. Little & S. P. Mohanty (Eds.), The future of diversity: Academic leaders reflect on American higher education (pp. 19-39). NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Engaged Collaborators and Resources

• Education For a Greater Good
• EDU781SU – Critical Lessons & Educational Change
• Scholarship in Action
• University Partners
• High School Institute
• Anti-Bullying Education Resources