Jennifer A. Marshall

Jennifer A. Marshall

Former Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity

Jennifer A. Marshall was a senior visiting fellow for the Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation.

This expert is no longer a staff member at The Heritage Foundation.

Jennifer Marshall was a senior visiting fellow in the Institute of Family, Community and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation. In this role, she focused on policy related to poverty, family and religious liberty. 

Prior to this role, she served as a vice president of The Heritage Foundation, running the think tank’s Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity and overseeing a research team focusing on issues ranging from marriage, life, and religious liberty to health, education, and welfare to the application of America’s founding principles to today’s challenges. Before joining Heritage in 2003, Marshall worked on cultural policy issues at Empower America, was senior director of family studies at the Family Research Council and taught at an American school in Lyon, France.

She has spoken at national and international forums, testified before Congress, authored the book Now and Not Yet: Making Sense of Single Life in the Twenty-First Century, and appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” and PBS’ “To the Contrary.”

Marshall is pursuing doctoral studies at The Catholic University of America in moral theology and ethics. She holds a master of arts in religion from Reformed Theological Seminary (Washington, D.C.), where she is a visiting lecturer in theology and public life. She also holds a master’s degree in statecraft and world politics from the Institute of World Politics and a bachelor’s degree in French from Wheaton College. 

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Surveying the Cultural and Economic Sources of America's Discontent Jennifer A. Marshall

Jul 22, 2017 2 min read

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Working to Ensure Peace in the Family Jennifer A. Marshall

Dec 25, 2016 2 min read

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Big Business Trying to 'Rebrand' Religious Liberty Jennifer A. Marshall

Apr 14, 2016 2 min read

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Prayer Shamers Get Both Prayer and Policy Wrong Jennifer A. Marshall

Dec 10, 2015 3 min read

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Kim Davis may be out of jail, but conscience conflicts remain Jennifer A. Marshall

Sep 28, 2015 3 min read

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Tracking opportunity for all

Jul 24, 2015 2 min read

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Index of Culture and Opportunity 2015

Jul 23, 2015 5 min read

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Freeing America’s education system from the 19th century Jennifer A. Marshall

Feb 10, 2015 3 min read