Shayla R. Griffin

Shayla Griffin is a doctoral candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program in Social Work and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). She received her MSW and her MA in Anthropology from the University of Michigan. Shayla?s research is focused on race, class, school climate, social reproduction, intergroup dialogue, and educational experiences and outcomes. She has worked with high school students and teachers for the past four years as a social worker, programmer, facilitator, mentor and researcher. In particular she is interested in using ethnographic and qualitative methods to explore the ways in which marginalized high school students relate to and interact with teaches across social and cultural difference. She sees intergroup dialogue as a promising intervention with students and teachers in challenging school environments.