Charles Murray first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of  Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950–1980. This was followed by In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government (1988), The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (with Richard J. Herrnstein, 1994), What It Means to be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation (1996), Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 (2003), and In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State (2006). His new book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality, is forthcoming. 

-Resident fellow, 1990-2003, and W. H. Brady Scholar, 2003-present, AEI

-Field research and lectures in the United Kingdom, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003

-Consultant, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France, 1991

-Work and field research, Thailand, 1972-1973, 1979, 1983, 1991

-Consultant, Bulgarian government, 1990
-Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1982-1990
-Chief scientist, 1979-1981, Research scientist (evaluation of social programs), 1974-1979, American Institutes for Research (AIR)

-Field research, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Senegal, 1974
-Volunteer, Peace Corps; Contractor, USAID, Thailand, 1965-1970

Education
Ph.D., political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A., history, Harvard University

Articles and Short Publications

Francophilia The Age of Educational Romanticism Poverty and Marriage, Income Inequality and Brains

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Books

In Our Hands Human Accomplishment The Underclass Revisited

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Events

Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People Women and Science Is NCLB Leaving Children Behind?

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Speaking Engagements

Human Accomplishment The Ideal of Equality, the Reality of Difference

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