Ithaca College

The Center for Faculty Excellence is pleased to host Experiencing Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) at Ithaca College, October 19-20.

Led by Drs. Kristie Ford (Skidmore College) and Charles Behling (The University of Michigan), IGD blends theory and experiential learning to facilitate better understanding of social group identities, social inequalities, and intergroup relations.  

IGD is an educational model with social justice at its core. Through engaging members of groups that occupy social identities with a history of conflict or limited opportunities in deep and meaningful discussions of controversial, challenging, or divisive issues, IGD prepares participants by providing them with the skills to lead others in creating a more inclusive campus, and a more just and sustainable world.  

Through this 2-day program, participants will create a cohort of individuals who share a common language and understanding regarding the pedagogy of IGD (and similar educational strategies for diversity, inclusion, and justice); and by engaging in exercises demonstrating the pedagogy, participants will promote both instructional skills and self-exploration and awareness.   Faculty and staff are encouraged to join us as we work together, across divisional lines, to institutionalize Intergroup Dialogue at Ithaca, and otherwise to continue to educate ourselves about issues of power and privilege.  

For information about how to participate, please contact:  

Derek Adams: Dadams@ithaca.edu Sarah Grunberg: Sgrunbe1@ithaca.edu