Damon Linker is a Contributing Editor of
The New Republic and a Senior Writing Fellow in the
Center for Critical Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. He also
blogs about religion, culture, and politics for
The New Republic. His essays and reviews have appeared in
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, National Review, The Weekly Standard, Policy Review, The Public Interest, The Review of Politics, The Review of Metaphysics, and the
American Behavioral Scientist. From May 2001 to February 2005, he worked at
First Things—first as associate editor of the journal, then as its editor. Prior to joining the magazine, he taught political philosophy at Brigham Young University and served as a speechwriter for New York’s Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. Linker studied history, philosophy, and writing at Ithaca College, graduating with a BA in 1991. He went on to earn an MA in European history from New York University and a Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University. Born in New York City, Linker currently lives in suburban Philadelphia with
his wife and two children.
