There are currently 16 institutions of higher education refining their projects as part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative. Descriptions of the projects and updates about their accomplishments can be found below. Information about previous project is also available at the bottom of the page.
Current Projects
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
Columbia University, Center for Study of Science and Religion New York, NY
Human Nature
Emory University Atlanta, GA
Transforming Community Project
Mars Hill College Mars Hill, NC
Building Capacity for Difficult Dialogues
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
Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, MN
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 Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO
From Divisiveness to Discourse: Bridging Rival Realities in Public Higher Education
University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
Difficult Dialogue Forum Seminars
University of Texas Brownsville/Texas Southmost College Brownsville, TX
Expanding Difficult Dialogues in the Border Wall's Shadow
Yale University New Haven, CT
Assessing the Impact of Courses that Require Students to Engage Across Difference
Past Projects
University
City/State
Program Title
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA
Beyond Symptoms to Institutional Dialogue
Clark University Worcester, MA
Encouraging Discourse Across Differences
LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY
Let Everyone Remain Free
Macalester College St. Paul, MN
Beyond Impasse to Dialogue: A Teaching and Learning Initiative on the Middle East Conflict
Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Negotiating Difference and Memory
Queens College Flushing, NY
The Middle East and America: Clash of Civilizations or Meeting of the Minds
San José State University San José, CA
To Increase the University's Capacity to Support Open Discussion of Controversial Issues
Trinity University San Antonio, TX
Promoting Pluralism and Academic Freedom on Campus
University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI
Dearborn Legacy, Dearborn Promise: New Learning Across Race, Religion, Culture and Ethnicity
University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE
Breaking Silence: Difficult Dialogues at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
Institutionalizing Difficult Dialogues: Freedom of Conscience in the Public University
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