--- description: Coleman is a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University. He is the founding partner of Starts With Us, a movement to overcome extreme cultural and political divisions in America, and his latest book is The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Peter T. Coleman ## Peter T. Coleman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Coleman is a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University. He is the founding partner of [Starts With Us](https://www.startswith.us/), a movement to overcome extreme cultural and political divisions in America, and his latest book is [_The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization_](https://www.thewayoutofpolarization.com/) ## Peter T. Coleman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Apr 13, 2023 ### [How Americans Can Tackle Political Division Together](https://time.com/6270884/americans-tackle-political-division-together/) Reaching out across the partisan aisle can be easier than you'd think, write Peter T. Coleman and Pe... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 6, 2023 ### [Finding the Courage to Challenge Your Political In-Group](https://time.com/6268932/how-to-challenge-political-in-group/) Constructive disagreement and dissent are vital to well-functioning groups and societies, write Pete... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 30, 2023 ### [Americans Are Tired of Political Division. Here’s How to Bridge It](https://time.com/6266873/american-political-division-courage-challenge/) The “Political Courage Challenge" can help Americans stop extremism and polarization, write Peter Co... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 20, 2022 ### [How To Save the U.S. From A Second Civil War](https://time.com/6222633/second-civil-war-us-how-to-avoid/) As the U.S. becomes more ideologically divided than ever, how do we avoid the vortex of political pa... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 6, 2022 ### [How the U.S. Can Avoid Another Civil War](https://time.com/6133380/us-avert-civil-war/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 29, 2014 ### [Gush All You Want, But Richard Branson's Unlimited Vacation Is a Trick](https://time.com/3446598/richard-branson-wrong-about-vacation/) "Endless summers" do little but incentivize workaholics to work more, while everyone else suffers ne... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-t-coleman/","name":"Peter T. Coleman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-t-coleman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-t-coleman/"},"name":"Peter T. Coleman","jobTitle":"","description":"Coleman is a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University. He is the founding partner of Starts With Us, a movement to overcome extreme cultural and political divisions in America, and his latest book is The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization","url":"https://time.com/author/peter-t-coleman/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```