Kevin Roberts (academic)

Kevin Roberts
Nationality	American
Education	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Virginia Tech University of Texas
Occupation	Professor Academic
Title	President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation

Kevin Roberts is an American academic who serves as President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Texas.^[1] He also served as the President of Wyoming Catholic College from 2013 to 2016.

Education[]

Roberts earned his Ph.D. in American History from The University of Texas. He also holds a master's degree in history from Virginia Tech, and a B.A. in history, from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.^[2]

Teaching career[]

He served as president of Wyoming Catholic College from 2013 to 2016 when he accepted his position as executive vice president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Political stances[]

During an livestreamed interview of U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) on Sept. 10, 2021, Roberts said, “What Trump captured was the absolute irritation, the frustration that Americans have with the elites in Washington who wake up each day trying to tell us what to do, and if the Texas Public Policy Foundation stands for anything even beyond the specific policies we work on, it is that it is fighting for you.” ^[3] Roberts continued, “We don't have enough conservatives, so-called conservatives who are willing to fight for what Trump really personified, which is that the elites have run this country way too long. And you've got so much evidence of that in the last couple of weeks, not just the vaccine mandate, but think about the ridiculous, tragic, embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan. And you've got colleagues in the Republican Party, members of Congress, who won't even force the president's hand to have to answer questions about that.”

Regarding passage of the First Step Act in the U.S. Senate, Roberts said at a press conference, “We as conservatives share common goals. We want strong communities and institutions. We want those who have done wrong to be punished and then to seize their own redemption without state interference. Most of all we want safe neighborhoods.” ^[4]

Federal funding decision at Wyoming Catholic College[]

During his tenure as President of Wyoming Catholic College, Roberts led the institution to an outright rejection of Title IV federal student loans and grants, citing religious liberty concerns.^[5] This decision garnered significant national attention, as it made the college one of just a few nationally to reject such funding. In an article on the decision, The New York Times described Roberts and his students as "cowboy Catholics" for their independence.^[6]

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