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