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Dr. David Orenstein serves as the American Humanist Association’s representative to the United Nations through the DPI/NGO program.
Dr. Orenstein is a full professor and department chairperson at CUNY Medgar Evers College. He is a national and international speaker on issues related to the freethought movement. An anthropologist by early training, his current writings can be found in American Atheist magazine, the Humanist magazine and other print and online freethought publications. He also publishes in higher education and technology journals.
An activist in several non-belief organizations, he also co-authored the book Godless Grace: How Nonbelievers are Making the World Safer, Richer and Kinder. He is a happy and optimistic freethinker who concludes that life is best lived when we are good without god.