Faculty & Staff

Opportunities for Faculty & Staff

IGR enthusiastically invites faculty and staff to join in our efforts and to learn our techniques for their own use.

For faculty, there are opportunities to co-instruct upper-level seminars, participate in both campus-wide and national conferences on multicultural education, increase skills for effective multicultural teaching, participate in a community of scholars dedicated to the pursuit of social justice, and collaborate in research on the impact of intergroup dialogue on students. Faculty interested in these opportunities are encouraged to contact Dr. Patricia Gurin (pgurin@umich.edu) or Dr. Mark Chesler (mchesler@umich.edu).

Staff interested in opportunities with IGR should contact Monita Thompson (monitact@umich.edu) or Roger Fisher (rogerf@umich.edu). Partnerships between IGR and other Student Affairs units are vital to the Program. Reciprocally, colleagues in Student Affairs can benefit from the many professional development opportunities provided by IGR. Whether offered independently or through collaboration with other units, these workshops and seminars develop multicultural competence and aptitude by addressing intergroup relations on campus.

Staff members experienced in intergroup relations and social justice education also have the opportunity to co-instruct upper level seminars. These teaching opportunities provide a forum to further develop skills in and understanding of intergroup relations and social justice education.

Of Interest to Faculty & Staff:

• Research on IGR
• The Mark Chesler Library on Intergroup Relations
• Message from the Directors
• The History of IGR
  

Grants Received

• Multiversity Research Grant
• Hewlett Foundation
  
• Ford Foundation
  
• Institute for Public Media Arts (National Isms Project)
  
• University of Michigan New Century Fund

Awards and Recognitions

• President Clinton's Initiative on Race cited the Program on Intergroup Relations as one of fourteen "Promising Practices" that "successfully bridge racial divides in American communities." IGR was one of only two programs in higher education to receive this recognition.
• The US Department of Education's Gender Equity Expert Panel cited IGR as "Promising Intervention" in the " prevention of sexual and racial harassment and violence against students in higher education."
• The American Association of Higher Education, the American College Personnel Association, and the National Association of Student Personnel cited IGR as an "Exemplary Practice."
• The Theodore M. Hesburgh Awards Program of TIAA-CREF awarded IGR a Certificate of Excellence in Faculty Development.