Prior to joining the PhD program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Allison Stevens taught social studies in Mustang, Oklahoma. As a teacher, her work centered on creating humanizing curricula for students in America’s heartland. Based on her connections to both extremely conservative and liberal areas, her work compares politically divergent approaches to pressing issues such as climate change and gun control. Through understanding and emphasizing moral commonalities, she hopes to develop a pragmatic framework that diminishes political polarization for both adults and students.