John D. Fonte

Dr. John D. Fonte received his Ph.D. in world history from the University of Chicago, and his M.A. and B.A. in history from the University of Arizona. He became in March 1999 a senior fellow and director of the Center for American Common Culture at the Hudson Institute. He has been a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute where he directed the Committee to Review National Standards under the chairmanship of Lynne V. Cheney. Mr. Fonte also has served as a senior researcher at the U.S. Department of Education, a program administrator at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and a research fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI). He is currently on the Board of the American Council for Trustees and Alumni (ACTA).

From the Henry Jackson Society event profile:
 * Dr. John Fonte is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for American Common Culture at the Hudson Institute. He is the author of Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others? a  number one rated Amazon best seller in international law. His ideas on "lawfare" were cited in the annual New York Times Magazine's "Year in Ideas" as among the most noteworthy of 2004. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, France 24 Live News, Voice of America, News Talk TV, Bloomberg TV, the Armstrong Williams Show, as well as numerous radio programs throughout the country including National Public Radio. Dr. Fonte has been a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute where he directed the Committee to Review National Standards under the chairmanship of Lynne V. Cheney. He also served as a senior researcher at the U.S. Department of Education and a program administrator at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). He is currently on the Board of the American Council for Trustees and Alumni (ACTA).  Fonte has testified before Congress on immigration, assimilation, citizenship, citizenship naturalization and on civil rights issues. He received his Ph.D. in World History from the University of Chicago, and his M.A. and B.A. in History from the University of Arizona.