The Enduring Effects of Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Training on Alums' Postgraduate Professional Practices

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Abstract

This study explores the effects of Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) facilitation on the post-degree professional practices of participants who completed an intensive IGD facilitation training while completing a graduate degree at a large Northeast public university. IGD facilitation training, which focuses on self-reflexivity, social justice literacy and dialogue co-facilitation is included in the curriculum of some graduate programs to prepare students to work across social divides an our increasingly polarized society. Preliminary analysis supports inclusion of IGD facilitation in professional training because most graduates, inclusive of all races or genders, who have received this training report using a range of IGD facilitation skills, and regularly apply them in their professional practice as K-12 teachers, college instructors, higher education administrators among others.

Authors

• Ximena Zúñiga, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Rani Varghese, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Nina M. Tissi-Gassoway, University of Massachusetts - Amherst