Authors and Essays

John Aber
Provost and Professor of Environmental Sciences
Forward: Balancing Consensus and Difference
 
David Hiley
Professor of Philosophy
Reaching Disagreement
 
Mary Fran T. Malone
Assistant Professor of Political Science
How Does a Battleground Become Common Ground?
Lessons from Post-Conflict Countries
 
Cesar Rebellon
Associate Professor of Sociology
“At Night, I Cross Behind the Enemy Lines”:
Reaching the Negotiating Table in the Age of Fast Communication
 
Bruce Mallory
Professor of Education and Director, The Carsey Institute
Moving Into Citizenship: Teaching Toward Common Ground
 
Sheila McNamee
Professor of Communication
Can We All Agree that Consensus is Over-rated?
From Righteousness to Relations Across Differences
 
Arthur Greenberg
Professor of Chemistry
Pulling EDB-Contaminated Foods Off Supermarket Shelves:
A Collegial Approach to Complex and Uncertain Science
 
Benjamin Cole
Lecturer, Center for International Education
Socialist! Hatemonger! Can Democratic Problem-solving Survive
in an Age of Polarization and Hyperbole?
 
David Richman
Professor of Theatre & Dance
Common Ground or Killing Quicksand?