Center for Inclusion, Diversity & Academic Success (IDEAS) Fostering Inclusion | Promo ng Diversity | Ensuring Academic Success
DIRECTOR Terrell L. Strayhorn, Ph.D. Associate Professor Strayhorn.3@osu.edu GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Blossom Barrett (barrett.70@osu.edu) Zak Foste (foste.1@osu.edu) Royel M. Johnson (johnson.5363@osu.edu) Joey Kitchen (kitchen.72@osu.edu) Karleton Munn (munn.7@osu.edu) Derrick Tillman‐Kelly (tillman‐kelly.1@osu.edu) Michael Steven Williams (williams.4103@osu.edu) MISSION OF THE CENTER The mission of the Center for IDEAS is to foster inclusion, promote diversity, and ensure academic success of all students at OSU through research, outreach, and advocacy. The Center’s research agenda focuses on diverse populations across the lifespan including under‐graduates, graduates, and professionals. IDEAS engages in meaningful partnerships with units across and external to campus. Housed within the College of Education and Human Ecology, IDEAS also offers high‐ quality programming and professional develop‐ ment to College units and the broader university. RESEARCH AND OUTREACH College Outreach & Academic Support Programs Franklin County Minority Male Initiative I Know I Can Evaluation Project STEM Students of Color Mixed‐Method Study OSU Campus Climate Study Black Doctoral Socialization Project Foster Care Alumni Collegian Study Gay Students of Color National Study Formerly Incarcerated Male Collegian Study
Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY A growing body of research indicates that the mere pres‐ ence of diversity on campus is necessary but not suffi‐ cient in itself to achieve meaningful learning and demo‐ cratic outcomes. Instead, institutions of higher education must be intentional in their efforts to engage students across difference. Intergroup Dialogues (IGD) serve as a means for achieving such outcomes. IGDs bring students together from identity groups with the potential for con‐ flict (e.g., White/Students of Color, Heterosexual/LGB, etc.) for sustained engagement around issues of power, privilege, and difference. Such dialogues differ from traditional classroom techniques in that they utilize a dialogic method that situates students’ lived experiences at the center of the process. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of Intergroup Dialogue programs on college student learn‐ ing and development outcomes. A multi‐institution sample will be used. We are particularly interested in how results differ as a result of program structure. RESEARCH QUESTIONS A number of research questions guide our study: (a) What is the relationship between IGD participation and college student learning? (b) What is the relationship between IGD participation and college student development? (c) Are there differences on the basis of partici‐ pantsʹ social identities? (d) Are there differences based on the structure of the program?
PROJECT CONTACT For more information about the Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) project, contact Zak Foste at foste.1@osu.edu CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION To be determined. BROADER IMPACTS OF THE STUDY This research will add to the growing body of literature on the positive outcomes that result from participation in Intergroup Dialogue programs. Further, we will explore differences in the structure of the programs and the rela‐ tionship to student learning and development. More spe‐ cifically, this work will explore programs that strictly ad‐ here to the model originally proposed by the University of Michiganʹs Intergroup Relations program and how such outcomes differ from programs that deviate from this structure.
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