Dinesh D’Souza to speak at Rider University

Dinesh D’Souza, writer, scholar, public intellectual and former policy analyst in the Regan White House, will speak at Rider University on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. The program, presented by Rider’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, will focus on “The Moral Case for Capitalism.” After the lecture, D’Souza will be available to sign copies of his latest books.

"We are excited to welcome Dinesh D'Souza to Rider and we hope that this will be the beginning of an annual speaker series focusing on free market economics,” said Dr. Ben Dworkin, director of the Rebovich Institute. 

He added, “Special thanks goes to the Hennessy Fund, without whose support this event would not be possible."

Born in Mumbai, India, D’Souza came to the U.S. as an exchange student and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1983.

Since then, D’Souza has had a prominent career as a writer, scholar and public intellectual, and has also become a renowned filmmaker with his top-grossing documentaries 2016: Obama’s America and America.

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. He served as the president of The King’s College in New York City from 2010 to 2012.

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, 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.

The program is free and open to the public. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Reservations are requested at www.rider.edu/Dsouza.

This program is generously supported by the Hennessy Fund.