We engage four primary work areas that intersect and strengthen one another to advance a culture of dialogue at CU Boulder and the surrounding community:

  1. Dialogues Curriculum: We offer a 3-credit undergraduate course, INVS 2989: "Dialogue Across Difference," which is grounded in intergroup dialogue methodologies. It provides students the opportunity to learn what dialogue entails, practice equity-minded dialogue, and be trained as dialogue facilitators. Two sections are offered each year. This class always has a waiting list.

  2. Dialogue as a Pedagogy: We offer workshops on dialogue as a pedagogy, centered on helping instructors activate and validate students’ prior knowledge and experience within classes across the curriculum. For graduate student instructors, in Spring 2024 we will pilot a micro-credential program, in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning. For faculty, we provide a Faculty Fellowship and we are developing a community of practice for faculty interested in dialogue as a pedagogy.

  3. Staff-to-staff DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) Dialogues: We develop staff-to- staff diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging dialogue & deliberative dialogue programming, in consultation and collaboration with requesting units. Programming is uniquely co-designed with requesting units, with two primary goals. First, the programming provides a professional development opportunity to train staff/leaders in DEIB-focused dialogue facilitation. Secondly, the programming uses staff-facilitated dialogue and deliberation as a method for units to identify, understand, and collaboratively take actions to address issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion. In 2024, we will begin a fifth year of collaborating with CU’s Finance and Business Strategy (FBS) Unit to develop the FBS Dialogue Program. We began collaborating with the Office of Informational Technology (OIT) to develop the OIT Dialogue Program in 2023.  

  4. Research and Development: We conduct assessment on our practices and contribute to the field of dialogue through conference presentations, publications, grant-funded research, and networking with colleagues at CU and around the country.