Amber Lapp

Amber Lapp is a research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, an adviser at American Compass, and co-investigator of the Love and Marriage in Middle America Project, a qualitative research inquiry into how working-class young adults form relationships and families. She and her husband David live in southwestern Ohio with their six children, where she volunteers as a catechist at their parish and at Lydia’s House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality for women and children. She is also a member of Braver Angels, the nation’s largest grassroots organization working to bridge the partisan divide, and is passionate about finding ways for ordinary Americans to participate in public life. Her writing has appeared in National Review, First Things, USA Today, The Federalist, The American Conservative, Comment magazine, and The Atlantic. She has a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) from The King’s College in New York City.