Piloted in 2016, Intergroup Dialogue for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars has been offered annually by the Intergroup Dialogue Project and the Graduate School. This collaboration offers a meaningful process for graduate students and post-doctoral scholars to explore their social identities, practice communication across difference, and think together about equity and inclusion in academia. This course enables participants to reflect on their personal experiences related to such issues, but also explore ways through which they can promote equity and inclusion in their academic spaces and circles.
Through an interactive and research-informed process known as intergroup dialogue, this offering provides participants with the opportunities to explore how their social identities shape their professional choices and teaching/learning styles, how to build capacity to have meaningful dialogue and effective collaborations across social, cultural and power differences, and to explore the power of alliances when seeking to create an inclusive environment.