25 Years of Civil Discourse
The School of Public Policy has been the home of important conversations at the intersection of faith, politics, and policy. Hosting events both here on the Malibu Campus and in Washington, DC, here are some of the featured speakers.
Featured Speakers
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Founder, The AHA Foundation
Jeb Bush
Former Governor, Florida
Timothy P. Carney
Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Betsy DeVos
Former United States Secretary of Education
Rod Dreher
Author
Niall Ferguson
Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University;
Senior Faculty Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard
University
Daniel Garza
President, The LIBRE Initiative
Os Guinness
Author
Victor Davis Hanson
Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Karen Elliott House
American Journalist;
Spring 2014 William E. Simon Distinguished Visiting Professor
Joel Kotkin
R. C. Hobbs Professor of Urban Studies, Chapman University
Mike Lee
United States Senator, Utah
Gordon Lloyd
Robert and Katheryn Dockson Professor of Public Policy Emeritus, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Glenn Loury
Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs, Brown University
Heather MacDonald
Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Manhattan Institute;
Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Wilfred McClay
Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization, Hillsdale
College;
2019-2020 Ronald Reagan Distinguished Professor and
2009-2010 William E. Simon Distinguished Visiting Professor, Pepperdine School of
Public Policy
Dennis Prager
Founder, PragerU;
Host, The Dennis Prager Show
Gregory Rodriguez
Contributing Editor, Los Angeles Times
Christine Rosen
Senior Editor, The New Atlantis
Ian Rowe
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Ben Sasse
United States Senator, Nebraska
Tim Scott
United States Senator, South Carolina
Jeffrey Sikkenga
Spring 2018 William E. Simon Distinguished Visiting Professor
William E. Simon
Co-Chairman, William E. Simon Foundation
Anne Snyder
Editor-in-Chief, Comment Magazine
Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik
Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel
Elizabeth Spalding
Senior Fellow, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Steven Teles
Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Yi-Fu Tuan
J. K. Wright and Vilas Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
James Q. Wilson
1999-2012 Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy
John Wood, Jr.
Director of Media Development, Better Angels
Robert Woodson
Founder and President, The Woodson Center