Ross Douthat served as a Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School during the 2020-2021 and 2023-2024 academic years.

He joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Tuesday and Sunday, and he co-hosts the Times Op-Ed podcast, "The Argument." Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger on its website. 

He is the author of "The Decadent Society," forthcoming in March 2020. His other books include "To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism," published in 2018, “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics” (2012), “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” (2005), and a co-author, with Reihan Salam, of “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream” (2008). He is the film critic for National Review.

He lives with his wife and three children in New Haven.