Education Programs for Improving Intergroup Relations : Theory, Practice, and Research

This book has several distinctive and appealing characteristics. These include the diverse disciplinary backgrounds of the contributing authors, the wide scope of grade levels represented by the programs (preschool through the university level), and the extensive range of programs described. It also contains chapters by scholars and researchers who have stayed the course over several decades in intergroup relations work, such as Louise Derman- Sparks, Elizabeth G. Cohen, Robert Slavin, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, Cookie White Stephan, John F. Dovidio, and Samuel L. Gaertner. The editors, Walter G. Stephan and W. Paul Vogt, have enriched this indispensable collection with wisdom, knowledge, and editorial skills they have acquired from two lifetimes of visionary and influential research in social psychology (Stephan) and sociology and the history of education (Vogt). I have been personally and professionally edified by their significant work as well as their humanity and commitment to social justice for two decades