Michael De Dora works at the Center for Inquiry (CFI) as an advocate for science, reason, and secular values. He is director of CFI’s Office of Public Policy, and serves as the organization’s representative to the United Nations.

Michael received a master’s degree in political theory from Brooklyn College, and a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric and communication from SUNY-Albany. He maintains the blog The Moral Perspective, and contributes essays to Massimo Pigliucci’s blog Rationally Speaking.

Michael has appeared on numerous media outlets, including: The New York Times, Al Jazeera English, FOX News’ Live, Hannity, NBC New York, ABC New York, amNew York, NY1 News, Village Voice, Radio Netherlands, BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, The Ron Reagan Show, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and WBAI’s Equal Time for Freethought.

Before joining CFI, Michael was a news writer and editor at both FOXNews.com and the City University of New York. Michael spent his first three years at CFI as executive director of the organization’s office in New York City.