Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships
Building intergroup relationships and collaboration opportunities Engaging in sustained strategic partnerships IGR engaged in three sustained strategic partnerships with the School of Education, Organizational Learning, and School of Social Work. These partnerships were selected based on: Shana Schoem
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An investment and commitment to developing dialogic skills and practices
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An understanding of IGR’s mission and efforts to advance IGR’s mission
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Identifying capacity building and sustainable practices
Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
Integrating dialogic pedagogy into courses 1. Completed a second semester of special Race and Ethnicity (R&E) discussion sections in Anthropology 101 in Winter 2020. Students in these two sections (20 students in each section, 40 students total) experienced dialogic pedagogy that supported the R&E goals of the course. Anthro GSIs were trained and supported throughout the
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process by IGR staff/faculty. IGR and Anthro will continue to work together, integrating more dialogic Stephanie Hicks pedagogy into these special sections and possibly all discussion sections of the course. Lecturer III
2. Completed successful dialogic pedagogy training for GSIs teaching R&E courses in Women’s Studies in Fall 2019. Screen still image of promotional webpage
3. Integrated dialogic activities in to American Culture 201: American Values with Professor Scott Larson. Peer facilitators from IGRs CommonGround Program led the American Culture 201 activity, allowing students to engage in small group conversations specifically around their racial and ethnic identity with undergraduate and graduate students trained in intergroup dialogue facilitation. 4. Began a series of R&E workshops with CRLT for faculty from American Culture to support their R&E teaching.
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