Research and Publications - Intergroup Dialogue (IGD)

Introduction

Recent books, book chapters, journal articles, dissertations, and research presentations on intergroup dialogue methodologies published by UMass Amherst faculty, students and alums, and colleagues from other colleges and universities.

Books/Book Chapters: 

Cann, C. N., Brown, K. W., & Madden, M. (2022). Rise for racial justice: How to talk about race with schools and communities. Teachers College Press.

Tissi-Gassoway, N. (2020) Intergroup Dialogue: A Promising Pedagogy for Critical Engagement Across Race and Sexuality. In Pica-Smith, C., Velonia, & C., Contini. (Eds.) Intercultural Education: Critical Perspectives, Pedagogical Challenges and Promising Practices (pp. 270-299). Nova Science.

Kaplowitz, D. R., Griffin, S. R., & Seyka, S. (2019). Race dialogues: A facilitator’s guide to tackling the elephant in the classroom. Teachers College Press. 

Ford, K. A. (2018). Facilitating change through intergroup dialogue: Social justice advocacy in practice. Routledge. 

Zúñiga, X., Lopez, G., & Ford, K. A. (2014). Intergroup dialogue: Engaging difference, social identities, and social justice. Routledge.

Gurin, P., Nagda, B. & Zúñiga, X.  (2013). Dialogues across differences: Practice, theory and research on intergroup dialogues. Russell Sage Foundation.

Maxwell, K. E., Nagda, B. A., & Thompson, M. C. (2011). Facilitating intergroup dialogues: Bridging differences, catalyzing change. Stylus. 

Zúñiga, X., Kachwaha, T., DeJong, K., & Pacheco, R. (2011). Preparing critically reflective intergroup dialogue facilitators: A pedagogical model and illustrative example. Facilitating intergroup dialogues: Building bridges, catalyzing change. (pp. 71-84). Stylus Press. 

Zúñiga, X., Nagda, B. A., Chesler, M., & Cytron-Walker, A. (2007). Intergroup dialogue in higher education: Meaningful learning about social justice, ASHE Higher Education Report, 32(4).

Journal Articles

Howard, S. & Schmidt, C. K. (2023). The effects of intergroup dialogue facilitation training on faculty Cultural Responsiveness. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 52(5), 461-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2250787 

Cosantino, J. (2022). The possibilities of an anti-oppression mindful dialogic pedagogy in the intergroup dialogue classroom: An autoethnographic exploration. Western Journal of Communication, 86(2), 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2021.1949028 

Kelly, B. T., Castillo-Montoya, M., Varghese, R., & Zúñiga, X. (2022). Braids and bridges: A critical collaborative autoethnography of racially minoritized women teaching intergroup dialogue. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000374

Tatum, B. D. (2017). Community or chaos? Dialogue as twenty-first century activism. The University of Memphis Law Review, 49, 285-313. 

Aldana, A., Richards-Schuster, K., & Checkoway, B. (2016). Dialogic pedagogy for youth participatory action research: Facilitation of an intergroup empowerment program. Social work with groups, 39(4), 339–358. https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2015.1076370 

Keehn, M. (2015). “When you tell a personal story, I kind of perk up a little bit more”: An examination of student learning from listening to personal stories in two social diversity courses. Equity & Excellence in Education. Equity & excellence in education, 48(3), 373-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2015.1056712 

Research Presentations

Tissi-Gassoway, N. (2023, November). Intergroup Dialogue at the Intersections: A promising new possibility for IGD Praxis. Northeastern Intergroup Dialogue Symposium. South Hadley, MA.

Zúñiga, X. (2021, January). Diálogos intergrupales en tiempos de conflictos sociales, discriminación y funas. Cátedra UNESCO La Universidad Pública del Siglo XXI. Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 

Crespo, W., Lala, E., Neely, D., Norwood, C., Tissi-Gassoway, N., & Zúñiga, X. (2022, May 31- June 4).  Building capacity for transformative racial justice practices at UMass Amherst. National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE). Portland, OR.

Wagner, R., Zúñiga, X., Varghese, R., & Rimaldi, A. (2021, April 8-12). Navigating difference and conflict: Post-graduate use of intergroup dialogue facilitation skills in the workplace. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Held Virtually.

Zúñiga, X., Tissi-Gassoway, N., & Varghese, R. (2019, April 4-9). The enduring effects of intergroup facilitation training on alums professional practices. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Toronto, Canada.

Zúñiga, X., Dimmitt, C., Neely, D., & Arsenault, M. (2019, June 7-9). Five College faculty and staff Intergroup Dialogue initiative: Outcome study and participant voices. Third Biennial Conference on Intergroup Dialogue. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA.

Zúñiga, X., Varghese, R., & Tissi-Gassoway, N. (2019, June 7-9). Examining the post graduate impact of IGD facilitator training in personal and professional context. Third Biennial Conference on Intergroup Dialogue. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Boyd, A. & Tissi-Gassoway, N. (2018, May). A Pedagogy of Possibility: Exploring an Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator Training Model and its Postgraduate Impact. National Conference on Race and Ethnicity. New Orleans, LA.

Dissertations 

Santiago Ortiz, A. (2021). Collaboration, collective agency, and solidarity through participatory action research in Puerto Rico (Publication No. 2218) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst]. https://doi.org/10.7275/22483835.0  

Tissi-Gassoway, N. M. (2020). Making meaning in the margins: Identities, belonging, and social justice commitments in a cross-race intergroup dialogue for queer and trans college students  (Publication No. 2087) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst]. https://doi.org/10.7275/ep2b-6x68  

Neely, D. S. (2016). Talking the walk: Incorporating intergroup dialogue processes into a critical service learning program (Publication No. 783) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst]. https://doi.org/10.7275/9016675.0 

Keehn, M. (2014). Fostering transformative points of connection: An examination of the role of personal storytelling in two undergraduate social diversity courses (Publication No. 100) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst]. https://doi.org/10.7275/xm7h-v861