Andy Schmookler

Andrew Bard Schmookler (born 1946) is an award-winning American author, public speaker, social commentator, and radio talk show host. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party for U.S. Representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district during the 2012 general election.

Schmookler graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College. He did graduate study at the University of Chicago and Yale University. He completed his doctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union in a program created specially to accommodate his comprehensive theory of human history. In 1984, the International Society of Political Psychology awarded Schmookler the Erik H. Erickson prize for excellence and creativity in the field of political psychology for writing The Parable of the Tribes. In 1985, Schmookler was selected by Esquire magazine as “one of the men and women under forty who are changing the nation.”

At the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Schmookler helped with the analysis of possible future challenges for American policy-makers. In a project with the Public Agenda Foundation, he interviewed the best minds in the country, in various related fields, on how the United States might best achieve security in an age of nuclear weapons. In the 1990s, the United States Army hired Andy to assist on the formulation of a project on the prevention of biological terrorism.

Schmookler’s commentaries on social and political issues have appeared in local and national publications, including the Christian Science Monitor, the Baltimore Sun, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Albuquerque Tribune. He has been a radio commentator for National Public Radio in Washington and in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

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