Conservative author and commentator Dinesh D’Souza will present a lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

D’Souza, who served in the Reagan White House, has authored several books on conservative causes, and has a 25-year career as a writer, scholar and public intellectual while serving at Stanford University.

Most recently, D’Souza has been known as an outspoken critic of President Obama and makes frequent appearances on the Fox News Channel.

His book “Illiberal Education” was a New York Times best seller in the 1990s and discussed political correctness in America’s colleges and universities.

He also authored “The End of Racism,” “Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader,” “The Virtue of Prosperity,” “What’s So Great about America,” “Letters to a Young Conservative” and “The Enemy at Home.”

His most recent book is titled “Stealing America,” and his lecture on Wednesday night is titled “Imagine a World without America.”

The lecture is sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, Young Americans for Freedom and the Committee on Lectures.