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Timothy Shaffer

Higher Ed Now

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Higher Ed Now continues its series of conversations with leading lights in the surging national movement to foster viewpoint diversity and free expression on college campuses. Today’s episode spotlights two leaders at the University of Delaware – a major institutional partner in the college debates and discourse work that ACTA is doing with Braver Angels and BridgeUSA. On April 18 Higher Ed Now's producer Doug Sprei traveled to the University of Delaware to chair a Braver Angels debate for a classroom of 25 students led by Lindsay Hoffman, an associate professor of communication who serves as the research leader for ACTA's two-year Braver Angels project funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Afterward he sat down for a conversation with Dr. Hoffman, along with another stellar leader in the discourse space, Timothy Shaffer, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Chair of Civil Discourse at U Delaware’s Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. Shaffer is also director of Civic Engagement and Deliberative Democracy with the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona. Both guests are highly accomplished, have extensive resumes and publication credits, and carry great passion around helping students engage in dialogue, discourse, and democracy.

Higher Ed Now continues its series of conversations with leading lights in the surging national movement to foster viewpoint diversity and free expression on college campuses. Today’s episode spotlights two leaders at the University of Delaware – a major institutional partner in the <a href="https://www.goacta.org/initiatives/college-debates/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">college debates and discourse</a> work that ACTA is doing with Braver Angels and BridgeUSA. On April 18 Higher Ed Now's producer Doug Sprei traveled to the University of Delaware to chair a Braver Angels debate for a classroom of 25 students led by <a href="https://www.udel.edu/faculty-staff/experts/lindsay-hoffman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lindsay Hoffman</a>, an associate professor of communication who serves as the research leader for ACTA's two-year <a href="https://www.goacta.org/2022/12/braver-angels-college-debates-and-discourse-program-launches-two-year-national-student-research-project-funded-by-john-templeton-foundation/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Braver Angels project</a> funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Afterward he sat down for a conversation with Dr. Hoffman, along with another stellar leader in the discourse space, <a href="https://www.timothyjshaffer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timothy Shaffer</a>, the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.udel.edu%2Fudaily%2F2022%2Fmarch%2Fbiden-school-timothy-shaffer-stavros-niarchos-foundation-ithaca-initiative%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ptcIrTTKHH-XOi2YT7zxQ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stavros Niarchos Foundation Chair of Civil Discourse</a> at U Delaware’s Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. Shaffer is also director of Civic Engagement and Deliberative Democracy with the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnicd.arizona.edu%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw18fRn5z5F6QcUQFJNMZ35O" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">National Institute for Civil Discourse</a> at the University of Arizona. Both guests are highly accomplished, have extensive resumes and publication credits, and carry great passion around helping students engage in dialogue, discourse, and democracy.

Campus Discourse and Democracy: Lindsay Hoffman and Timothy Shaffer

“We think about [Democracy] happening someplace else … and how I think about it and encourage students to think about it: it’s there yes … but it’s also in you.” – Timothy Shaffer, PhD Today I interviewed Timothy Shaffer, PhD Timothy J. Shaffer is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies and director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University. He is also principal research specialist with the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona. Connected to these efforts, Shaffer also serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy, as a country expert on deliberative democracy with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem Institute) research project, and as a co-director guiding the work of the Deliberative Pedagogy Lab, an international project focused on applied scholarship about the ways that deliberation can transform higher education educational approaches and environments. As an interdisciplinary scholar and practitioner of deliberative democracy, civic education, and small group communication, Shaffer focuses on the role of civic professionals in institutional settings such as local government, higher education, and non-governmental organizations in relationship with diverse communities. Through his scholarship, he contributes to discussions within fields such as communication studies, higher education, and civic studies where themes of citizenship, professionalism, community, and civic life are explored. He received the Early Career Recognition Award from the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement. In this episode we speak about:  Democracy is more than institutions, it’s also about the individual and a constant practice How Facebook rants are not constructive civil discussion What civility really means People must be able to change your mind is okay The rise in authoritarian is significant and real The idea that colleges make people more liberal is a myth  To catch up with our guest:  Kansas Civic Life Project: www.k-state.edu/icdd/research/kclp.html Twitter: @timothyjshaffer Kansas State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy: @KSU_ICDD

“We think about [Democracy] happening someplace else … and how I think about it and encourage students to think about it: it’s there yes … but it’s also in you.” – Timothy Shaffer, PhD Today I interviewed Timothy Shaffer, PhD Timothy J. Shaffer is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies and director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University. He is also principal research specialist with the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona. Connected to these efforts, Shaffer also serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy, as a country expert on deliberative democracy with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem Institute) research project, and as a co-director guiding the work of the Deliberative Pedagogy Lab, an international project focused on applied scholarship about the ways that deliberation can transform higher education educational approaches and environments. As an interdisciplinary scholar and practitioner of deliberative democracy, civic education, and small group communication, Shaffer focuses on the role of civic professionals in institutional settings such as local government, higher education, and non-governmental organizations in relationship with diverse communities. Through his scholarship, he contributes to discussions within fields such as communication studies, higher education, and civic studies where themes of citizenship, professionalism, community, and civic life are explored. He received the Early Career Recognition Award from the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement. In this episode we speak about: <ul> <li>Democracy is more than institutions, it’s also about the individual and a constant practice</li> <li>How Facebook rants are not constructive civil discussion</li> <li>What civility really means</li> <li>People must be able to change your mind is okay</li> <li>The rise in authoritarian is significant and real</li> <li>The idea that colleges make people more liberal is a myth</li> </ul> To catch up with our guest: <ul> <li>Kansas Civic Life Project: <a href="http://www.k-state.edu/icdd/research/kclp.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.k-state.edu/icdd/research/kclp.html</a></li> <li>Twitter: @timothyjshaffer</li> <li>Kansas State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy: @KSU_ICDD</li></ul>