Creating Common Ground Magazine

The Importance of Culture in the Classroom – It’s Not What You Might Think

We hear a great deal today about the need for cultural sensitivity in the classroom. This is sometimes referred to…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jul 30
Don’t Talk to Your Political Opponent! They’ll Pollute You.

Sound crazy? Well, that’s really how a lot of us feel. If you are a liberal, are you willing to…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jul 29
The Delights of the Present (Poem)

The Delights of the Present We are, of course, both beneficiaries and victims of our own symbol systems …Read More

Saskia D'Esprit

Jun 11
Ego is Your Enemy: Humility is the Path to Self-Knowledge

To thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to…Read More

Joseph Stasio

May 26
Systemic Racism? We’re Talking Past Each Other

Some suggest that the Unites States is a systemically racist nation. Others say that American ideals are the foundation for a nonracist society. Both…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

May 19
Why We Disagree and How We Can Come (Closer) Together

Three Questions Respectful and constructive dialogue is vanishing from American political life. There is, arguably, no more urgent question for…Read More

Kenneth Barish, Ph.D.

May 7
How to Create Communities of Change Agents

While it may take a community to make a change, it is possible for a single person to change a…Read More

Uche Isieke

May 1
If You Can’t Explain Your Opponent’s Beliefs, You Have No Right to Critique Them

You can’t critique what you don’t understand. Well, you can, but nothing good will come of it. That is because…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

May 1
To Solve Difficult Problems, Think Beyond Opposites: The Case of Higher Education

Institutes of higher education throughout the U.S. are facing substantial challenges for both finances and values. Challenges in terms of…Read More

Ulas Kaplan

Apr 23
Sexual Consent Forms? Say It Ain’t So!

Sexual Consent Forms? Say it Ain’t So. I am still thinking that this must be a joke. I…Read More

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Apr 22

Latest Editorials

The Importance of Culture in the Classroom – It’s Not What You Might Think

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jul 30
Don’t Talk to Your Political Opponent! They’ll Pollute You.

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jul 29

Latest Articles

The Importance of Culture in the Classroom – It’s Not What You Might Think

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jul 30
Don’t Talk to Your Political Opponent! They’ll Pollute You.

Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.

Jul 29

Latest Research

The Transformation of a White Supremacist

Mascolo, M. F. (2016). The transformation of an ex-white supremacist: A dialecticaldevelopmental analysis. Qualitative Psychology, 1-20.

Dec 19
The Relational Origins of Morality.

Mascolo, M. F., & DiBianca Fasoli (2020). The relational origins of morality and its development. In M. F. Mascolo & T. Bidell (Eds.) Handbook of Integrative Psychological Development (pp. 392-421). Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Bridging Partisan Divides

Mascolo, M. F. (2020). Bridging Political Diversity through Dialectical Engagement and Radical Sociality. Journal of Constructivist Psychology.

Dec 19
Bridging Cultural Conflict through Dialectical Engagement

Marginean, D., Lambert, S., La Torre, J., & Mascolo, M. F. (2019). Transcending Cultural Divides: Dialectical Engagement in the Cultural Construction of Self. Psychological Studies, 64, 365–375.

Dec 19