Lauren Swayne Barthold is the author of a forthcoming book entitled Overcoming Polarization in the Public Square (Palgrave). Lauren teaches ethics and conflict transformation at Endicott College, and also serves as program developer for the Heathmere Center for Cultural Engagement. The book is in part a result of a two-year HCPL-funded project on which she served as Co-Principal Investigator entitled “The Dialogic Classroom: A Pedagogy for Engaging Difference with Intellectual Humility.”