Dr. Leila Brammer is the Director of Outreach and Instructional Development of the 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. Leila has a background in faculty development and has been recognized with several institutional, regional, and national teaching awards. At the University of Chicago, she develops curricula, programming, and outreach to advance the Chicago Principles of Freedom of Expression and foster the capacity for vigorous, inclusive, and productive discourse in the classroom, campus, and civic life. Leila currently directs the Parrhesia Summer Academy, which provides programming, courses, and seminars for high school and college students and faculty. Throughout the year, she works with high schools, colleges, educational organizations, and civic leaders to create the conditions and build capacities for productively engaging about, with, and across differences and disagreements.