Riley Davis
- Student, University of Virginia
Riley Davis is a fourth year at the University of Virginia, studying American studies and psychology. She has been a project assistant at the flagship One Small Step–university partnership at UVA for almost two years. She has served in many roles for One Small Step, but facilitating political dialogues between her peers, as well as between Charlottesville community members, has been a highlight for her. Davis also is a program director for a student crisis hotline, leads a discussion section for the leadership class “The Resilient Student,” has a fellowship for Virginia’s Episcopal Diocese, and conducts research on middle school students and their well-being through UVA’s Youth-Nex lab.
Events
Teaching the Art of Productive Engagement Across Difference
Jonathan Alger, Kourtney Bradshaw-Clay, Ronald A. Crutcher, Riley Davis, Rebecca Russo, Rachel L. Wahl
What is the impact on college students when they participate in structured dialogue across political differences? The featured speakers lead campus and national initiatives to make “bridge building,” “deliberative dialogue,” and “engagement with viewpoint diversity” a higher-education priority.