Dinesh D'Souza, President, The King's CollegeIn 2010, Dinesh D’Souza was named the president of The King’s
College, a Christian college located in the Empire State Building in New York
City. The mission of The King’s College is to transform society by preparing
students for careers in which they help to shape and eventually to lead
strategic public and private institutions.
D’Souza brought to The King’s College a distinguished 25-year career as a
writer, scholar, and public intellectual. A former policy analyst in the Reagan
White House, D’Souza also served as John M. Olin Fellow at the American
Enterprise Institute, and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover
Institution at Stanford University.
Called one of the "top young public-policy makers in the country" by
Investor’s
Business Daily, D’Souza quickly became known as a major influencer on public
policy through his writings. His first book, Illiberal Education (1991),
publicized the phenomenon of political correctness in America’s colleges and
universities and became a New York Times bestseller for 15 weeks. It has been
listed as one of the most influential books of the 1990s.
In 1995, D’Souza published The End of Racism, which became one of the most
controversial books of the time and another national bestseller. His 1997 book,
Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader, was the first
book to make the case for Reagan’s intellectual and political importance. D’Souza’s
The Virtue of Prosperity: Finding Values in an Age of Techno Affluence
(2000) explored the social and moral implications of wealth.
In 2002, D’Souza published his New York Times bestseller What’s So Great About
America, which was critically acclaimed for its thoughtful patriotism. His 2003
book Letters to a Young Conservative has become a handbook for a new generation
of young conservatives inspired by D’Souza’s style and ideas. The Enemy at Home
published in 2006, stirred up a furious debate both on the left and the right.
It became a national bestseller and was published in paperback in 2008, with a
new Afterword by the author responding to his critics.
Just as in his early years D’Souza was one of the nation’s most articulate
spokesmen for a reasoned and thoughtful conservatism, so in recent years he has
been an equally brilliant and forceful defender of Christianity. What’s So Great
About Christianity not only intelligently explained the core doctrines of
the Christian faith, it also explained how the freedom and prosperity
associated with Western Civilization rest upon the foundation of biblical
Christianity. Life After Death: The Evidence shows why the atheist
critique of immortality is irrational and draws the striking conclusion that
it is reasonable to believe in life after death. His most recent book
The Roots of Obama’s Rage (Regnery, 2010) has been described as the
most influential political book of the year and has proven to be yet another
best seller. These books—not to mention a razor-sharp wit and entertaining
style—have allowed D’Souza to participate in highly-publicized debates about
Christianity with some of the most famous atheists and skeptics of our time.
One of D’Souza’s favorite venues for debates and speeches has been college
campuses. During the past 20 years, he has appeared at hundreds of colleges and
universities, and has spoken with hundreds of thousands of students in these
live settings. In 2010, he is scheduled to appear at Azusa Pacific University,
the University of South Florida, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stephen F.
Austin University, Gordon College, Grand Canyon University, and the University
of Oklahoma.
Born in Mumbai, India, D’Souza came to U.S. as an exchange student and graduated
Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1983.
D’Souza has been named one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers
by the New York Times Magazine. The World Affairs Council lists him as one of
the nation’s 500 leading authorities on international issues, and Newsweek cited
him as one of the country’s most prominent Asian Americans.
D’Souza’s articles have appeared in virtually every major magazine and
newspaper, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic
Monthly, Vanity Fair, New Republic, and National Review. He has appeared on
numerous television programs, including the Today Show, Nightline, The News
Hour, O’Reilly Factor, Moneyline, and Hannity.