ON THE AGENDA

Invitation To A Health Care Reform Dialogue

Francie Grace
Nov 5, 2009

On too many issues, the political discussion provides more heat than light, and the public doesn't have a chance to deliberate over the choices for solving problems. That certainly applies to health care reform, an area in which opinion is split, often in contradictory ways.

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Still Number One

Scott Bittle
Nov 4, 2009

As if anyone needed proof that immigration will remain a major issue, a new international survey reports that some 700 million people worldwide say they would move to another country if they could. Not surprisingly, the largest single group, one-quarter, say their first choice would be to come to the United States.

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FACING UP TO THE
Nation's Finances

National Debt Clock

Alison Kadlec

Vice President and Director of the Center for Advances in Public Engagement

Alison Kadlec

Alison Kadlec works on the management and implementation of Public Agenda's public engagement and opinion research projects, and is active in the development and evaluation of research tools and reports, and in training for and evaluation of public engagement projects.

Before joining Public Agenda, Alison was a visiting professor and lecturer in the political science departments at the University of Minnesota, Macalester College, Baruch College and Hunter College. She holds Bachelor's degrees in Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy and English Literature from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota.

She is the author of a book on the democratic theory of John Dewey, Dewey's Critical Pragmatism. Alison is also the co-author of a number of papers on the subject of public engagement, including: Beyond Debate: Impacts of Deliberative Issue Framing on Group Dialogue and Problem Solving; Promising Practices in Online Engagement; and Framing for Deliberation.