Abigail Saguy

Abigail Saguy
Professor
saguy@soc.ucla.edu

Bio:

Abigail Saguy’s forthcoming book, Gender Flashpoints: The Power of Dialogue (Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2026) draws on interviews with ninety-four activists across the political spectrum to better understand points of contention as well as surprising areas of agreement on several “gender flashpoints.” These include gender and parenting, gender-neutral restrooms, the use of identifying pronouns, and participation in women’s sports. It argues for the importance of dialogue across difference on these topics and provides readers with analytical tools to do so.

Dialogue Experience, Expertise, Activities:

Abigail C. Saguy is a Professor of Sociology at UCLA and a member of the inaugural faculty fellows cohort of UCLA’s Dialogue across Difference Initiative. As a Faculty Fellow, she developed structured dialogue practices that help students with different perspectives engage in respectful conversation with one another around gender. She was the first UCLA faculty member to implement Sway, an AI-assisted dialogue platform that pairs students with differing perspectives and provides guided conversational support. She is also a member of Heterodox Academy at UCLA.

• https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/how-to-help-students-have-difficult-conversations-in-the-classroom
• https://soc.ucla.edu/person/abigail-saguy/
• https://saguy.scholar.ss.ucla.edu/

Dialogue, Pluralism, Democratic Practices, Gender Identity, Transgender, Feminism, LGBTQ+ Rights, Gender Neutrality, Political Polarization.