Tony Woodlief is a senior fellow in the State Policy Network’s Center for Practical Federalism, which equips state and local elected officials with tools to embrace and protect self-governance. His essays have been published widely, including in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and The Washington Post, and he has appeared on Fox News, C-SPAN and radio programs across the U.S.
Woodlief is the author of the 2020 book I, Citizen: a Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Wichita State University.