About DID

DID (Dialogue, Inclusion, Democracy) Lab creates inclusive spaces that support the development of well-informed and engaged students through deliberative, community-based discourse to promote equity and democracy.

This includes facilitating courses, workshops, and scholarship on dialogue, diversity, and civic engagement. Our approach to civil discourse draws on the findings from a multi-year research project sponsored by the Kettering Foundation on “deliberative pedagogy” that led to the publications of Deliberative Pedagogy (2017) and Creating Space for Democracy (2019).

D.I.D. Wall Mission

To create a safe space that supports the development of well-informed and engaged students through civil discourse.

D.I.D. Guidelines for Use

Engage responsibly with the question on the board and keep responses relevant
Ideas should be respectful of people’s humanity and dignity with regards to race, religion, class, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity
Respect all responses, as this is a free speech zone
Speak for yourself, not as a representative of others or groups

Reflection and Impact: Student Dialogue Fellows Program
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DID Co-Directors

Perla Castillo Calderon

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Perla Castillo Calderon is the Director of the Center at Moore Hall and the PC Smith Hill Annex. She has been a member of the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy (DID) team since its inception and now co-leads the Lab. A proud double Friar, she earned both her B.A. in Public and Community Studies and M.Ed. in Higher Education from PC.

Dr. quincy bevely

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Quincy Bevely is vice president for institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion and an adjunct faculty member at PC. He has facilitated undergraduate courses in global studies, elementary and special education, the Department of Western Civilization Program.

Student Fellows Impact Reports

Student Dialogue Fellows
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Student Impact Report

Faculty Dialogue Fellows

Inaugural Faculty Dialogue Fellows: 2022-2023

Tuba Agartan, Health Policy Management
Fr. Justin Brophy, Political Science
Abby Corrington, Management
Nuria Alonso Garcia, Global Studies / Education
Saaid Mendoza, Psychology
Andrea McDonnell, Communication
Sam Murray, Philosophy
Eric Sung, Art

2023-24 Academic Year Fellows

Ed Dain, Philosophy
Dana Dillon, Theology / Public and Community Service Studies
Robert Hasson, Social Work
Amy Foley, English / DWC
Ana Cecilia Iraheta, World Languages and Cultures
Arati Kale, Finance
Colin King, Philosophy
Lynne Lawson, Physics
Adam Myers, Political Science
Kelly Ramirez, Entrepreneurship
Erin Schmidt, Theater, Dance, and Film
Virginia Thomas, Art / Women’s and Gender Studies
Gizem Zencirci, Political Science

2024-25 Academic Year Fellows

Molly Driessen, Social Work
Abigail Dym, Public and Community Service Studies
Tom Hamami, Economics
Natalie Hannan, Philosophy
Alyssa Lopez, History
Gina Noia, Theology
Carmine Perotti, Public and Community Service Studies
Charlotte Roberts, Sociology
Sandra Silva-Enos, Secondary Education
Eva Wheeler, Black Studies & World Languages and Cultures