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.