Dr. Leila Brammer is the Director of Outreach and Instructional Development, Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse at the University of Chicago. She studies and builds frameworks in which organizations and community members understand issues from multiple perspectives and work together to develop evidence-based approaches. She established a nationally-recognized civic learning and engagement curriculum and a community-based public deliberation and dialogue program. At the University of Chicago, she develops curricula and programs to foster vigorous, inclusive, and productive discourse in the classroom, campus, and civic life.