The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership welcomed Ross Douthat to ASU.

Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Wednesday and Sunday. Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger for theatlantic.com. He is the film critic for National Review. His published works include "Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class" (2005); "Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream" (2008); "Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics" (2012); and "To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism" (2018). Douthat graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2002.