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.

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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    Abraham Lincoln and America’s Electric Cord

    Brenda Hafera
    The debates between Abraham Lincoln and Sen. Stephen Douglas not only rank amongst America’s landmark speeches but could be a primer for political philosophy students. In campaigning against one another, the rising statesman and elder politician tackled some of the most essential questions of morality and politics. What does it mean to be human? To…
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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
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    What Jane Austen Can Teach Us About Dating and Romance Today

    Virginia Allen | Mary Margaret Olohan | Brenda Hafera
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    Reese Witherspoon’s Daughter Is Wrong About Gender Being ‘Whatever’

    Brenda Hafera | Lauren Evans