Past Speaker

Heather Mac Donald

Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her books include The War on Cops, The Diversity Delusion, When Race Trumps Merit, and The Burden of Bad Ideas. Mac Donald writes on policing, immigration, higher education, homelessness, criminal justice, and culture, and her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and The New Criterion.