
Ryan T. Anderson
President
Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
He is the author or co-author of five books, including the just-released Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing. Previous books include When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment, Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom, What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, and Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination. He is the co-editor of A Liberalism Safe for Catholicism? Perspectives from “The Review of Politics.”
Anderson’s research has been cited by two U.S. Supreme Court justices, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas, in two Supreme Court cases.
He received his bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, and he received his doctoral degree in political philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. His dissertation was titled: “Neither Liberal Nor Libertarian: A Natural Law Approach to Social Justice and Economic Rights.”
Anderson has made appearances on ABC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and Fox News. His work has been published by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, the Harvard Health Policy Review, the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, First Things, the Claremont Review of Books, and National Review.
He is the John Paul II Teaching Fellow in Social Thought at the University of Dallas, a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University, and a Fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America, as well as the Founding Editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, New Jersey.
For 9 years he was the William E. Simon senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and has served as an adjunct professor of philosophy and political science at Christendom College, and a Visiting Fellow at the Veritas Center at Franciscan University. He has also served as an assistant editor of First Things.
Follow him on Twitter at @RyanTAnd. For his latest essays and videos, you can follow his public Facebook page.
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VIDEO: Your Faith Should Shape the Law. Here’s Why.
June 20, 2023 |
What does the separation of church and state REALLY mean? Ryan Anderson unpacks the answer in this short video.
AUDIO: The Ascendance of Social Conservatism in the Public Square
June 20, 2023 |
Within political discussions on the Right, social conservatism is on the rise. Why did the Right have a libertarian phase,…
VIDEO: One Year Post-Roe–Where does pro-life movement go from here?
June 7, 2023 | Massachusetts Citizens for Life
In this captivating webinar, Anderson and DeSanctis offer their profound insights, analysis, and perspectives on navigating the pro-life landscape after…
When Professions Go Woke, Can Dissenters Survive?
May 26, 2023 | James Madison Program in American Ideas and Institutions
On May 26, 2023, Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosted a panel titled, “When Professions…
AUDIO: Ryan T. Anderson on Smart Phones, Sex Workers, and the Common Good
May 11, 2023 | Capitol Record Podcast
On May 11, 2023, Ryan T. Anderson appeared on National Review’s Capitol Record podcast to discuss the current skepticism on…
VIDEO: Responding to the Transgender Movement with Dr. Ryan T. Anderson
April 21, 2023 | Faith & Freedom Seminar
On April 21, 2023, President Ryan T. Anderson joined the Faith & Freedom Seminar hosted by Young America’s Foundation. Ryan’s…
INTERVIEW: Ryan Anderson on Public Discourse
April 20, 2023 | Public Discourse
On April 20, 2023, President Ryan T. Anderson joined Micah Watson on Public Discourse to discuss “A Decade of Debates,…
VIDEO: Ryan T. Anderson Speaks at the 2023 NRI Ideas Summit
April 4, 2023 | NRI Ideas Summit
On April 4, 2023, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson speaks at the 2023 NRI Ideas Summit on how abortion harms…
VIDEO: What’s Practical for Faith, Work, & Gender? with Ryan Anderson
March 15, 2023 | Nuance Podcast
On March 15, 2023, Ryan Anderson joined The Collaborative Orlando’s “Nuance Podcast” hosted by Dr. Case Thorp and Crosland Stuart….
VIDEO: Ryan T. Anderson on the Harms of Abortion
January 16, 2023 | EDIFY
On January 16, 2023, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson joined EDIFY to discuss the social justice and human rights issue…
AUDIO: Ryan T. Anderson on Pastoral Life
January 16, 2023 | The Lamplighters
On January 16, 2023, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson joined The Lamplighters podcast with the editors of The Lamp magazine…
VIDEO: Ryan T. Anderson on The Effort to Erase Women
December 16, 2022 | Conservative Women's Network
On December 16, 2022, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson was invited by the Conservative Women’s Network to serve as their…