Who We Are

Aaron Yarmel (PhD, MSc, MA), founder, is a dialogue facilitator, researcher, teacher, and a certified Consultant in the Logic-Based Therapy modality. He is the Associate Director of the Center for Ethics and Human Values of The Ohio State University. Previously, he was the founding director of Madison Public Philosophy, an organization that shares philosophy with the Madison, WI, community through public performances and Philosophy for Children programs.

Aaron has been invited by university centers, non-profit organizations, and schools to give workshops and talks about dialogue, philosophy for children, inclusiveness, conflict, ethics, activism, and community engagement. He holds a PhD and a MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BM from the Eastman School of Music. For more information, please visit www.aaronyarmel.com.

Ariel Sykes is an experienced educator who specializes in philosophy for children and dialogic pedagogy. She is an endorsed practitioner of the IAPC (Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children) and has worked as part of a research project funded by the U.S Department of Education to create a professional development and training program for teachers that help them successfully integrate inquiry dialogue into their classroom practice. Ariel holds her B.A and M.A in the field of philosophy and education.

Ariel currently works as the Assistant Director of the Ethics Institute at Kent Place School, a K-12 school for girls. In this role Ariel works to integrate ethics across the school through events for parents, workshops for teachers and staff, individual course coaching, curriculum development, teaching, and student events.