CULTURE , GENDER & PSYCHOLOGY

 The Difficult Dialogues group  provides strategies, resources, and information about issues that address a wide array of issues and topics we are currently addressing in our research questions and daily lives, including: wage and hiring inequalities, racial and ethnic relations, the relevance of current politics to academia, religion and the university, sexual orientation, academic freedom, civility in everyday life, and more.

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​Each month we meet to discuss a topic related to issues that graduate students and academics negotiate, with an emphasis on centering an intersectional lens. These meetings are guided by short readings from various sources including Presumed Incompetent: Intersections of Race & Class for Women in Academia, and articles from the APA Monitor on Psychology, Chronicle of Higher Education or Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Attendees are not expected to have memorized the reading, but have enough knowledge of its content to focus our discussion. The goal is to help continue engaging in effective conversations about these important both within our academic spaces and our personal lives.

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These discussions are lead by individuals with expertise on the issues being discussed, as evidenced by their academic training and day to day actions. Given the sensitive nature of the topics, and need for established trust and respect for individuals participating, only doctoral students advised primarily by either Dr. Asia Eaton and Dr. Dionne Stephens  participate in this group.