Consulting Practitioners and Scholars on Conflict and Conversation

Rhonda Fitzgerald

Sustained Dialogue Institute (since 2008), Sustained Dialogue at Princeton (Head Moderator), Interactivity Foundation (Collaborative Discussion Coach), National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (Board Member)

Nancy Thomas

E.D., Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE) and senior advisor to the president for democracy initiatives at AAC&U (formerly at Tufts University, 2012-2023); director, the Democracy Imperative (TDI), a network of scholars and practitioners dedicated to deliberative democracy on campuses (2007-2013); senior associate, Everyday Democracy (2001-2015); former university attorney specializing in academic affairs and expressive freedoms in higher education. Research & practice areas: educating for a democracy in question, campus political climates; dialogue and discussion teaching, speech and inclusion, voting, academic freedom.

Derek W. M. Barker

Kettering Foundation (Program Officer), Pitzer College (Visiting Assistant Professor)

Lori L. Britt

Professor and Director, James Madison University School of Communication Studies; Co-Director, Institute for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue; Board Chair, National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation; Collaborative Discussion Project Coach, Interactivity Foundation; Faculty Cohort, Institute for Citizens and Scholars

Ande Diaz

Saint Anselm College (Chief Diversity Officer Emerita), Allegheny College (Associate Provost), Roger Williams University (Associate Dean and Director of the Intercultural Center),Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service at Tufts University (Senior Research Associate), Princeton University (Associate Dean of Students), Harvard University (Assistant Director for Media, Arts, and Public Service Careers), Center for Race & Equity in New Hampshire (Advisory Board Member), NH Listens (Senior Associate), The Democracy Imperative (Board Member)

Leslie Garvin

North Carolina Campus Engagement (Executive Director), National Issues Forum Institute (Board of Directors, Vice Chair), NC Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service (Commissioner), Commission on the Future of NC Elections (Commissioner), You Can Vote (Board of Directors), Carnegie Community Engagement Elective Classification (National Advisory Committee), Guides.vote (Advisory Board), UC Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement (Fellow), Interactivity Foundation (Collaborative Discussion Coach), Braver Angels (Moderator)

Michele Holt-Shannon

University of New Hampshire, Carsey School of Public Policy, Founder and Director, NH Listens; over 25 years of experience with training facilitators, creating conversation guides, and helping administrators and communities navigate conflict and controversy.

Windy Y. Lawrence

University of Houston – Downtown (Communication Studies Professor, since 2002 & Center for Public Deliberation (CPD) Founding Director, since 2007).

Leah A. Murray

Weber State University (Professor, Political Science; Director, Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service); KSL NewsRadio (co-host); Election Workforce Advisory Council for the Bipartisan Policy Center