Dr. Arthur Laffer
Arthur B. Laffer is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm. Dr. Laffer’s economic acumen and influence in triggering a worldwide tax-cutting movement in the 1980s have earned him the distinction in many publications as “The Father of Supply-Side Economics.” One of his earliest successes in shaping public policy […]
Dr. Alice Louise Kassens
Dr. Alice Louise Kassens is the John S. Shannon Professor of Economics at Roanoke College, director of Roanoke College’s Center for Economic Freedom, a research fellow with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Institute for Economic Equity, a senior analyst with the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, an associate editor for Journal of […]
Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D.
Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the Founding Editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author or co-author of five books, including the forthcoming Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing. Previous books include When Harry Became […]
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk (Ph.D, 2010) joined the faculty at the Busch School in the summer of 2016, and is the founder of the Social Research academic area, where she is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her […]
Andreas E. Widmer
Andreas E. Widmer Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and the director of the Art & Carlyse Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at The Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Business. Previously he co-founded The SEVEN Fund, a philanthropic organization promoting enterprise solutions to poverty. Widmer is a seasoned business executive with experience in high-tech, international […]
David Newton
David Newton has lived in Santa Barbara for 30 years. From 1984-2012, he was a full-time university professor of entrepreneurship, finance, and strategy – first in the Pepperdine MBA program, then at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and until 2012 at Westmont in Santa Barbara. He has a BS in Business, an MBA in […]
Trent Horn
After his conversion to the Catholic faith, Trent Horn earned master’s degrees in the fields of theology, philosophy, and bioethics. He serves as a staff apologist for Catholic Answers, where he specializes in teaching Catholics to graciously and persuasively engage those who disagree with them. Trent models that approach each week on the radio program Catholic […]
David Azerrad
David Azerrad is an assistant professor and research fellow at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C. His research and writing focuses on classical liberalism, conservative political thought and identity politics. Prior to joining Hillsdale, Azerrad was the director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The […]
Frank Marlo
Dr. Frank Marlo is Dean of Academics at The Institute of World Politics. He formerly served as a Professor of Strategic Studies at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in May 2006. From January 2002 until January 2005, he served as Assistant […]
Brian Brenberg
Brian Brenberg is co-host of The Big Money Show on Fox Business, an informative and fast-paced program filled with business topics that impact everyone from Wall Street to hard-working Americans. Before joining the network full-time in 2023, Brian served as Associate Professor of Business and Economics at The King’s College in New York City. His academic interest focuses on […]
Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley
Anne Rathbone Bradley is the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and the vice president of academic affairs at The Fund for American Studies (TFAS), through which she teaches at George Mason University. Dr. Bradley works to enhance the impact and reach of TFAS and Foundation for Teaching Economics education programs through courses, seminars, […]
Carol M. Swain
Born in abject poverty in rural Virginia, Dr. Carol Swain earned five degrees and obtained early tenure at Princeton and full professorship at Vanderbilt where she was professor political science and a professor of law. Today she is a sought after cable news contributor, prominent national speaker, and best-selling author. In addition to three Presidential […]
Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, […]
Ken Stiles
In addition to speaking on a number of intelligence and national security topics, Ken is willing to provide ‘guest lectures’ for any interested professors during his visit to your campus. This can be finalized when you contact Mr. Stiles. Kenneth L. Stiles, a retired CIA officer with 29 years of experience currently lectures at Virginia […]
Paul Teller
Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Paul Teller graduated cum laude in 1993 from Duke University in Durham, NC, where he got his B.A. in political science. Before graduating, he was a research assistant to Suzanne Garment, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. Also, Paul volunteered […]
Dr. Arthur Laffer
Arthur B. Laffer is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm. Dr. Laffer’s economic acumen and influence in triggering a worldwide tax-cutting movement in the 1980s have earned him the distinction in many publications as “The Father of Supply-Side Economics.” One of his earliest successes in shaping public policy […]
Dr. Larry Schweikart
Larry E. Schweikart, a former rock drummer who opened for “Steppenwolf,” is an American historian and the author of more than a dozen books. Dr. Schweikart was born on April 21, 1951 in Mesa, AZ and lived in Higley, AZ, where his father Earl was a ranch foreman for the Daugherty Ranch. Earl was a rodeo […]
Christina Sommers
Christina Hoff Sommersis a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Before joining AEI she was a professor of philosophy at Clark University. Her articles have appeared in publications such as The Journal of Philosophy,The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Sommers is the editor of Vice and Virtue […]
Harvey Mansfield
Professor Mansfield has written on Edmund Burke and the nature of political parties, on Machiavelli and the invention of indirect government, in defense of a defensible liberalism and in favor of a Constitutional American political science. He has also written on the discovery and development of the theory of executive power, and has translated three […]
Dr. Burt Folsom
Burt Folsom has been a college professor at many places, especially Hillsdale College in Michigan, where he still serves as distinguished fellow. He has written ten books. These books include The Myth of the Robber Barons, which is published by Young America’s Foundation and will soon be in its ninth edition. He has also written […]
Dr. Paul Kengor
Paul Kengor, Ph.D., is professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and a New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books. He is senior director and chief academic fellow at the Institute for Faith & Freedom and former visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His […]
