Alison Kadlec, Ph.D.
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.
She is the author of a book on the democratic theory of John Dewey, Dewey's Critical Pragmatism. Alison was also among the co-authors of Toward Wiser Public Judgment, edited by Daniel Yankelovich and Will Friedman, which examines the practical application of theory on how the public makes up its mind on difficult issues.
Kadlec 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.
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.
