Difficult Dialogues Initiative

Promoting Pluralism & Academic Freedom on Campus

There are currently 27 institutions of higher education developing large scale projects as part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative. Descriptions of the projects and updates about their accomplishments can be found below. An additional 16 institutions were awarded stipends to participate in initiative activites.

University City/State Program Title
Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Teaching and Talking about Religion in Public
Barnard College New York , NY Religion, Freedom and the Politics of Identity
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA Beyond Symptoms to Institutional Dialogue
LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY Let Everyone Remain Free
Clark University Worcester, MA Encouraging Discourse Across Differences
Emory University Atlanta, GA Transforming Community Project
Macalester College St. Paul, MN Beyond Impasse to Dialogue: A Teaching and Learning Initiative on the Middle East Conflict
Mars Hill College Mars Hill, NC Building Capacity for Difficult Dialogues
Northwestern University Evanston, IL Negotiating Difference and Memory
Ohio University Athens, OH Program in Difficult Discussions of Race and Religion
Portland Community College Portland, OR Practicing Pluralism: Interactive Theater, Campus Climate and Academic Freedom
Queens College Flushing, NY The Middle East and America: Clash of Civilizations or Meeting of the Minds
San José State University San Jose, CA To Increase the University’s Capacity to Support Open Discussion of Controversial Issues
Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN Promoting Pluralism and Academic Freedom on Campus
Trinity University San Antonio, TX Promoting Pluralism and Academic Freedom on Campus
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL Integrating Difficult Dialogues into the Core Curriculum: Race, Ethics, and Religious Values
University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University Anchorage, AK Encountering Controversy
University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA Imagining the Future: Dissent, Dialogue and the Freedom to Inquire
University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI Religious Diversity in the Public Research University
University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI Dearborn Legacy, Dearborn Promise: New Learning Across Race, Religion, Culture and Ethnicity
University of Missouri–Columbia Columbia, MO From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education
University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE Breaking Silence: Difficult Dialogues at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Institutionalizing Difficult Dialogues: Freedom of Conscience in the Public University
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Difficult Dialogue Forum Seminars
University of Washington Seattle, WA Engaging Southeast Asian American Pluralism in Seattle: Undergraduate Student-Teacher Conversations on Religion, Politics, and Identity
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI Service-Learning and the Infusion of Cultural and Religious Diversity in the Undergraduate Core Curriculum
Yale University New Haven, CT Assessing the Impact of Courses that Require Students to Engage Across Difference

 

Stipend Recipients

Due to the strength of their proposals, the following 16 institutions have been awarded stipends to participate in the initiative. We applaud their work.

Institutions Receiving Stipends:

Bennett College for Women , Greensboro, NC
Dartmouth College , Hanover , NH
Hollins University and the American Association of University Professors , Roanoke, VA
Mount Holyoke College , South Hadley, Massachusetts
Oberlin College , Oberlin, OH
Portland State University , Portland, OR
Rider University , Lawrenceville, NJ
Sonoma State University , Rohnert Park , CA
Spelman College , Atlanta, GA
State University of New York at Albany , Albany, NY
University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, AR
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley , CA
University of Colorado at Boulder , Boulder, CO
University of Miami , Coral Gables, FL
The University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas Southmost College , Brownsville, TX
Utah State University , Logan, UT

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