About Us - Intergroup Dialogue (IGD)

Faculty

Nina Tissi-Gassoway, PhD (they/them & she/her)

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• Professor of Practice, Higher Education and Social Justice Education
• Program Coordinator, Social Justice Education
• ntg [at] umass [dot] edu (ntg[at]umass[dot]edu) 

Ximena Zúñiga, PhD (she/her/ella) 

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• Professor, Social Justice Education Concentration
• Chancellor's Leadership Fellow
• xzuniga [at] umass [dot] edu (xzuniga[at]umass[dot]edu) 

Dave Neely, PhD (he/him)

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• Lecturer, Social Justice Education
• Director of Diversity Education and Training, Student Affairs and Campus Life
• dneely [at] umass [dot] edu (dneely[at]umass[dot]edu) 

Crystal Norwood, MEd, EdS (she/her(s))

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• Adjunct Instructor, Social Justice Education
• cnorwood [at] umass [dot] edu (cnorwood[at]umass[dot]edu)

Itza Martinez, PhD (she/her/ella)

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• Adjunct Instructor, Social Justice Education
• imartinez [at] umass [dot] edu (imartinez[at]umass[dot]edu) 

Professional Staff

Michelle Youngblood, MEd, EdS (she/her)

• Associate Director, Center for Multicultural Advancement and Students Success, Student Affairs and Campus Life

• youngblood [at] umass [dot] edu (youngblood[at]umass[dot]edu) 
   

Graduate Students

School Counseling

• Jane Denenberg (she/her), School Counseling, Teaching Assistant

Social Justice Education

• Brittany Dunn (she/her), Diversity Education Graduate Assistant, Student Affairs and Campus Life, Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator

• Nora Fitzgerald (she/her), Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator

• Jane Kungu (she/they), Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator

• Mick Mandeau (she/her), Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator

• Ruth Tirado (she/they), Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator

• Lu Vincent (she/her), Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator

Undergraduate Students

• Fatma Sayeh (she/her), Legal Studies major, Student Ambassador