Focusing on facilitation training and preparation for intergroup dialogues, this provides a comprehensive guide for practitioners, covering the theoretical, conceptual, and practical knowledge they need. It is intended for staff, faculty, and administrators in higher education, community agencies, and human resources departments in workplaces.

Foreword-Patricia Gurin 1. Deepening the Layers of Understanding and Connection. A Critical-Dialogic Approach to Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues-Biren (Ratnesh. A. Nagda and Kelly E. Maxwell 2. In the Hands of Facilitators - Student Experiences in Dialogue and Implications for Facilitator Training-Anna M. Yeakley SECTION ONE. Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation. Training for Classroom-based Experiences 3. Training Peer Facilitators as Social Justice Educators. Integrating Cognitive and Affective Learning-Kelly E. Maxwell, Roger B. Fisher, Monita C. Thompson, and Charles Behling 4. Facilitator Training in Diverse, Progressive Residential Communities. Occidental College as a Case Study-Jaclyn Rodríguez, Andrea Rodríguez-Scheel, Shaquanda Lindsey, and Ariel Kirkland 5. Preparing Critically Reflective Intergroup Dialogue Facilitators. A Pedagogical Model and Illustrative Example-Ximena Zúñiga, Tanya Kachwaha, Keri DeJong, and Romina Pacheco 6. (Re)Training Ourselves. Professionals Who Facilitate Intergroup Dialogue-Kathleen (Wong. Lau, Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, and Thomas E. Walker SECTION TWO. Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Training for Applications to Campus and Community Settings 7. Training Students to Change Their Own Campus Culture Through Sustained Dialogue-Priya Parker, Teddy Nemeroff, and Christina Kelleher 8. Democracy Lab. Online Facilitation Training for Dialogic Teaching and Learning-James T. Knauer 9. Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation for Youth Empowerment and Community Change-Roger B. Fisher and Barry N. Checkoway 10. Extending Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation to Multicultural Social Work Practice-Michael S. Spencer, David J. Martineau, and naomi m. warren SECTION THREE. Learning From and With Intergroup Dialogue Facilitators. Voices on Identity, Alliances, and Career Commitments 11. Identity Matters. Facilitators' Struggles and Empowered Use of Social Identities in Intergroup Dialogue-Kelly E. Maxwell, Mark Chesler, and Biren (Ratnesh. A. Nagda 12. Not FOR Others, But WITH Others, For ALL of Us. Weaving Relationships, Co-Creating Spaces of Justice-Biren (Ratnesh. A. Nagda, Norma Timbang, Nichola G. Fulmer, and Thai Hung V. Tran 13. Changing Facilitators, Facilitating Change:The Lives of Intergroup Dialogue Facilitators Post-College-Carolyn Vasques-Scalera

Kelly E. Maxwell is Co-Director, The Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan. Biren Ratnesh Nagda is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director, Intergroup Dialogue, Education & Action (IDEA) Center, at the University of Washington Monita C. Thompson is Co-Director, The Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan. Patricia Gurin is Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan