UCLA Dialogue Resources Inventory
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Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor
Advances restorative dialogue in academic medicine through RPAM leadership and trained facilitation.
Anderson School of Management
Associate Dean, Inclusive Excellence
Advances dialogue at UCLA Anderson through the Inclusive Ethics Initiative (IEI) and Ethical Commitment to Organizational Leadership (ECHO).
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Associate Clinical Professor
Scholarship in clinical ethics and training. Dialogue across Difference Faculty Fellow 2024–25.
Dialogue Across Difference Initiative
Staff Director
Maia Ferdman is the Staff Director of the UCLA Dialogue across Difference Initiative. She provides a range of skill-building workshops and dialogue opportunities for constituencies across campus.
Fielding School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Dialogue across Difference Faculty Fellow in 2024–25.
Office of Student Services UCLA Law
Director of Student Affairs and Inclusive Learning Environment
Advancing intergroup relations and campus well-being through Student Health Education and Promotion and the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center.
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Executive Director of Student Development
Coaches teams and individuals to adopt an intentional approach to leadership.
Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Clinical Professor
Dialogue across Difference Faculty Fellow in 2024–25.
Department of Education
Distinguished Professor
Teaches Theory and Practice of Intergroup Dialogue: Building Facilitation Skills (EDUC C124 for undergraduates and EDUC C244 for graduate students)
Inclusive Excellence, Department of African American Studies, and Department of Communication
Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence; Professor
Equips communities to interrupt privilege and move through racial exhaustion through radical listening and reparative dialogue practice.
School of Nursing
Professor
Dialogue Across Difference Faculty Fellow (2024–25) whose work now includes a practice-based course that helps students navigate difficult conversations calmly and constructively.
DGSOM, Office of Inclusive Excellence
Cultural North Star Lead
Spearheads UCLA’s Cultural North Star initiative, using values based dialogue to foster inclusion, trust, and community across the medical school.
Department of Gender Studies
Professor
Dialogue across Difference Faculty Fellow 2024–25. A member of Heterodox Academy at UCLA. Focus on gender-based dialogue, utilizing tools to pair students of differing perspectives together for guided dialogue.
Inclusive Ethics Initiative, Anderson School of Management
Manager of Education
Leads cohort-based ECHO dialogue workshops for UCLA graduate and undergraduate participants in both in-person and virtual formats.
Dean's Office
Staff HR Manager
Steering Committee Member for Restrorative Practice in Academic Medicine (RPAM).
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Neil H. Jacoby Chair in Management
Her research centers on how social identity, bias, and stereotypes shape decision-making, and inclusion within organizations.
External Affairs
Director of Community and Organizational Development
Facilitates trainings for dialogue and "emotional fitness" (e.g. empathy, curiosity, and care).
Department of Education
Professor
Teaches EDUC 173 on dialogue across difference and leads EDUC 192A to mentor student dialogue facilitators.
Department of Political Science & International Institute
Professor
Focused dialogue on the Israel-Palestine conflict across academic, public, and community settings.
UCLA Library
Director of Organizational Development & Inclusive Excellence
An experienced facilitator of community-building circles and skill-building workshops through RPAM and TRHT.