- Workshop: Evaluating Civil Discourse at Denison

Catalog description

One of the major challenges of our polarized time is maintaining the ability to talk across lines of difference. Denison is not immune and is part of a nationwide effort to combat polarization and boost civic capacity. As a class, we will insert ourselves in that process in multiple ways. We will learn about civil discourse initiatives and help run some of those efforts. But we will also engage in original, data-driven research by taking an inventory of civic capacity and dispositions toward civil discourse, evaluating the effectiveness of discourse initiatives, and conducting other research following student interests. For each component, we will aim to produce reports for public consumption.