Encouraging College Students' Democratic Engagement in an Era of Political Polarization

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Edited by Angela M. McGowan-Kirsch - Contributions by Mike Y. Ahn; Rebecca A. Alt; Chris Anderson; Molly W. Andolina; Hagar Attia; Sally Bennett Hardig; Laura W. Black; Jennifer L. Borda; Pamela Conners; Ben Epstein; Sherry G. Ford; Adam J. Gaffey; Katrin

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This work argues that colleges and universities are important locations for building students' capacities for civic participation. Grounded in literature and personal experience, the authors advance pedagogical strategies that promote civic responsibility and prepare students to navigate today's polarized political landscape.

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Introduction: Pedagogical Strategies for Educating Emerging Citizens in a Polarized Era

Angela M. McGowan-Kirsch

Chapter 1: Dismantling Polarization through Dialogic and Deliberative Pedagogies

Laura W. Black & Carson S. Kay

Chapter 2: A "Practice Field" for Democracy: Harnessing the Potential of Sports to Promote Democratic Deliberation in the College Classroom

Rebecca A. Alt

Chapter 3: Promoting Democracy: Civic Education in an Era of Anti-Democratic Unrest

Kevin R. Meyer & Stephen K. Hunt

Chapter 4: "The Civil Dialogues Were Dope": Civil Dialogue® as A Tool for Engaging Students in Difficult Conversations in the Classroom

Katrina N. Hanna, Robert J. Razzante, & Jennifer A. Linde

Chapter 5: An Interdisciplinary Civics Approach: Teaching the Social Contract and Lived Civics

Ben Epstein, Molly W. Andolina, and Kristen Pengelly

Chapter 6: Reframe Political Talk as Discursive Civic Engagement

Pamela Conners, Sara A. Mehltretter Drury, Amanda Nienow, Laura Wysocki, Katherine Knobloch, & Reni Joseph

Chapter 7: Integrating Interpersonal Communication and Rhetorical Studies in a Course Highlighting Deliberative Democracy

Sherry G. Ford & Sally Bennett Hardig

Chapter 8: Public Discourse: Civic Action as Training for Democratic Engagement

Sarah Wolter & Hagar Attia

Chapter 9: Preserving the Liberal Public Sphere through AI Engagement

Heather Walters

Chapter 10: Looking for Difference: Using Declamation and Controversial Images to Frame Civic Engagement

Adam J. Gaffey

Chapter 11: Finding Common Ground: How Two Divergent Colleges Converged Around Conversation

Tim Muehlhoff & Michael Y. Ahn

Chapter 12: How to Have Difficult Conversations: Using Deliberation to Promote Students' Democratic Decision-Making

James Proszek, Chris Anderson, Brian A. Long, Augustus Isaac, & Corydon Taylor

Chapter 13: Preparing to Have Campus Conversations: Infusing Deliberative Pedagogy with an Ethic of Dialogue

Jennifer L. Borda & Renee Guarriello Heath

Conclusion: Final Thoughts and Future Actions

Angela M. McGowan-Kirsch