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LEAD 152 | Dialogue Lab: Exploring and Cultivating Our Capacity to Engage Across Difference

Offered in partnership with Stanford Living Education and serving as a Ways-designated (EDP) course.

Amid ongoing global social and political turmoil, and fragmented relations between peoples – the capacity for us to communicate and collaborate across identity- and perspective-based differences seems ever-important to achieving a more hopeful shared future. That said, this course presupposes that dialogue is a practice laden with challenges and opportunities and as such takes a scaffolded approach to exploring and cultivating a capacity for such. In this course, we first explore ourselves as social beings: how do each of our identities, lived experiences, and broader social dynamics influence how we engage with others? We then make meaning of dialogue as a distinct mode of communication and explore its benefits, costs, challenges, the university environment, dynamics such as cancel culture, and the potential for dialogue to help address intergroup conflict and social group inequality. Culminating in a set of interactive class sessions led by student members of the teaching team, students will apply the lessons learned throughout the quarter, hone their capacity for reflection and dialogue, and emerge as leaders better equipped to foster more empathetic and just environments.

Next offering: Autumn 2024 | Units: 3 | Taught by: Ester Sihite, Ph.D.

PSYCH 103F / 203F - Intergroup Communication Facilitation

Presented jointly by Stanford’s Office for Inclusion, Belonging and Intergroup Communication (IBIC) and the Department of Psychology, Psych 103F/203F: Intergroup Communication Facilitation is a class that teaches facilitation skills through experiential learning and reflection. In offering this course, our hope is to empower students to build upon their already existing skills so that they may foster more opportunities for dialogue, connection and community building within and beyond Stanford’s campus.

Students in this course have used what they’ve learned to facilitate conversations with their residences, organizations, sports teams, families, friends, and other communities. Others have incorporated their learning into Teaching Assistantships or work life outside of Stanford. If you are interested in continuing to develop your facilitation skills beyond the scope of this course, you are welcome to seek out additional opportunities with the IBIC Office. 

Next offering: Autumn 2024 | Units: 2 | Repeatable for credit

 

Previously Offered:

Psych 103 - Intergroup Communication 

Psych 103: In an increasingly globalized world, our ability to connect and engage with new audiences is directly correlated with our competence and success in any field How do our intergroup perceptions and reactions influence our skills as communicators? This course uses experiential activities and discussion sections to explore the role of social identity in effective communication. The objective of the course is to examine and challenge our explicit and implicit assumptions about various groups to enhance our ability to successfully communicate across the complex web of identity.

NOTE: Please check the Notes section under each quarter to view the current enrollment survey.

Last offered: Spring 2022 | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED