Writer-in-Residence

ROSS DOUTHAT

Since 2009 Ross Douthat has been an Op-Ed columnist at The New York Times where every Wednesday and Sunday he has written on politics, religion, moral values and higher education. Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger for theatlantic.com. He is the author of Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics (2012) and Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class (2005); co-author, with Reihan Salam, of Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream (2008), and most recently author of Decadence: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success (2020). He is the film critic for National Review.

Through the Writer-in-Residence Fellowship, Ross is a regular participant in the intellectual life of the Institute, leading luncheon discussions, teaching a multi-part seminar, and moderating panel discussions. On occasion, he hosts working groups on a variety of themes. He is currently working on a book manuscript on suffering.

Each academic year Ross leads intensive four-part seminars for undergraduates through the Institute. Past seminars have included  “Life Under Decadence” and “Liberalism and Its Critics.” In fall 2018, he was a Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School, where he co-taught a course on conservatism with Samuel Moyn (Yale Law School) and Scott Shapiro (Yale Law School). In Spring 2021, he was Visiting Lecturer at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and co-taught a course with Bryan Garsten and Samuel Moyn on the crisis of liberalism.

Ross lives with his wife and four children in New Haven, CT.