Thomas K. Lindsay

Thomas K. Lindsay, Ph.D., is the higher-education policy director for Next Generation Texas. He was previously the director of the National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) signature initiative, We the People, which supports teaching and scholarship in American history and culture. He was later named deputy chairman and chief operating officer of the NEH.

Lindsay co-authored the American government college textbook Investigating American Democracy with Gary Glenn, published by Oxford University Press. He has published numerous articles on the subject of democratic education, many of which have appeared in the world's most prestigious academic journals, including the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, and the American Journal of Political Science.

Lindsay has published articles on higher-education reform in Real Clear Policy, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, Inside Higher Ed, and elsewhere.

Lindsay earned a Ph.D. and an M.A. in political science and government from the University of Chicago and a B.A. summa cum laude in political science from Northern Illinois University.