Brenda Hafera

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Brenda Hafera is the assistant director and senior policy analyst with the Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

Brenda Hafera

BIOGRAPHY

Brenda Hafera is the Assistant Director and Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies. She previously served as the Director of International and Continuing Education at The Fund for American Studies and the Assistant Director of the Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good at Villanova University.

Brenda holds a bachelor of arts in Political Science, a bachelor of science in Finance, and a master’s in Political Science from Villanova University. She was a Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute and a James Madison Fellow at Hillsdale College. Her articles have appeared in publications such as Modern AgeThe FederalistLaw and LibertyThe National InterestRealClear Public Affairs, and The Hill.

Summary

Brenda Hafera is the Assistant Director and a Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies.

Before joining Heritage, she held leadership roles at The Fund for American Studies and Villanova University.

Hafera earned three degrees from Villanova University and has written for publications including The Federalist, The Hill, and The National Interest.

LATEST

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    What Should the Smithsonian Do?

    Brenda Hafera
    A recent White House report put the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History under fire. The report details historical distortions and egregious omissions in how the museum depicts the national narrative. There are no exhibits on George Washington or the Declaration of Independence, even as America marks its 250th birthday.  Concerns over the museum raise a real question:…
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    Was America Built on Slavery and Racism? The Confederacy’s ‘Cornerstone’ Gives the Answer

    Brenda Hafera
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    Abraham Lincoln and America’s Electric Cord

    Brenda Hafera
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    This Is America: Introducing the Heritage Guide to Historic Sites

    Brenda Hafera
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    Why the American Colonists Rebelled

    Brenda Hafera
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    What We as Americans Can Learn From Historic Sites

    Brenda Hafera
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    The National Park Service Is Still Promoting Gender Ideology, Alfred Kinsey

    Brenda Hafera
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    Why Is Marxism—But Not Madison—Being Taught at Montpelier?

    Brenda Hafera | Zack Smith
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    Why Radicals Want to Sully Thanksgiving

    Brenda Hafera
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    Something’s Queer at Colonial Williamsburg

    Brenda Hafera
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    Did Southern Poverty Law Center and James Madison Museum Team Up to Put ‘Anti-racist’ Curriculum in Virginia Schools?

    Brenda Hafera
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    Presidents Day Reflections on George Washington’s American Character

    Brenda Hafera
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    Former Trans Teen Launches Organization to Support Detransitioners

    Virginia Allen | Brenda Hafera
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    What I Noticed Was Missing at James Madison’s Montpelier Home

    Brenda Hafera
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    Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier Backed by Southern Poverty Law Center

    Brenda Hafera
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    The ‘Woke’ Takeover of James Madison’s Montpelier

    Brenda Hafera