James A. Lindsay
James A. Lindsay | |
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Lindsay at Turning Point USA's 2022 AmericaFest conference | |
| Born | James Stephen Lindsay June 8, 1979 Ogdensburg, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Known for | Grievance studies affair |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Tennessee Technological University (BS, MS) University of Tennessee (PhD) |
| Thesis | Combinatorial Unification of Binomial-Like Arrays (2010) |
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| School or tradition | Conservatism, New Atheism |
| Main interests | Criticism of religion, postmodernism, critical race theory |
| Notable works | Cynical Theories (2020) |
James Stephen Lindsay (born June 8, 1979), known professionally as James A. Lindsay, is an American author. He is known for the grievance studies affair, in which he, Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose submitted hoax articles to academic journals in 2017 and 2018 to test scholarship and rigor in several academic fields. Lindsay has written several books including Cynical Theories (2020), which he co-authored with Pluckrose. He has promoted right-wing conspiracy theories such as Cultural Marxism and LGBT grooming conspiracy theories.