2025

March 8, 2025 – San Francisco, CA
Healing Tribal Division: The Problem and Promise of Group Dynamics in a Polarized Society (keynote)
American Group Psychotherapy Association – AGPA Connect

March 12, 2025 – Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching in Turbulent Times
UCSB

March 21, 2025 – 4-5pm, Charlottesville, VA
Facing the Fracture
Virginia Festival of the Book

April 3, 2025 – 6:30-8:30pm, Santa Barbara, CA
Good News About Political Polarization
What’s Brewing in Education and Applied Psychology? (rsvp in link)
Night Lizard Brewing, 607 State St.

April 8, 2025 – 12-1pm, The Club at UCSB
Psychological Strategies for Navigating a Politically Polarized Society
Table Talk Tuesdays

April 27, 2025 – Kensington, MD
Exhibitor
Kensington Day of the Book

May 2, 2025 – UCSB
Call Out or Connect? Student Leadership in a Divided World
Sponsored by UCSB Associated Students and Ombuds

May 3, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA
Keynote Panelist
B+ Well: A Wellness Conference for Bisexual, Pansexual, & Fluid Community

May 16, 2025 – Sacramento, CA
Bridging Political Differences in Our Roles as Mental Health Professionals — Implications for Ethics, Diversity, and Inclusion (keynote)
Sacramento Valley Psychological Association Annual Conference

May 28-29, 2025 – Charlotte, NC
Realizing the Promise of Higher Education in a Divided World (keynote)
Facing the Fracture: Navigating Division with insight, Skill, and Resilience (workshop)
Collegiate Information & Visitor Services Association Conference

Films

Trustworthy Documentary
View on Amazon Prime

The American Question
About the film

Select Past Appearances

TODAY with Hoda and Jenna

TEDxSanLuisObispo: How to Win a Political Argument

TEDxUCSB: What Halibut Fajitas Taught Me About Bridging the Political Divide

Aspen Ideas: Show Up

National Book Festival

Beyond Your Bubble Book Release

Beyond Your Bubble Workshop

Congressional Woman of the Year remarks

TEDxUCLA: Bisexuality and Beyond

Sermon: Bridging the Political Divide with Integrity and Grace
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

Panel: Coffee With Authors: Nonfiction Edition
Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association