Sway
With Simon Cullen, I co-created Sway, an educational chat platform that connects students with differing perspectives into one-on-one conversations and uses AI to facilitate better discussions between them. Sway was developed in collaboration with Heterodox Academy.
Sway creates scaffolded environments where students can practice constructive disagreement, honing skills like intellectual humility, cognitive empathy, and critical thinking. The goal is to normalize reasoned conversations between students with opposing perspectives and help transform fraught arguments into opportunities for greater understanding.
As of February 2026, Sway has been adopted by over 130 instructors at over 80 colleges and universities, reaching over 10,000 users.