▁in ▁America ". ▁ ▁Work ▁B auer lein ' s ▁books ▁include ▁Liter ary ▁Crit ic ism : ▁An ▁Aut ops y ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Prag m atic ▁Mind : ▁Ex pl or ations ▁in ▁the ▁Psych ology ▁of ▁Bel ief ▁( 1 9 9 7 ). ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁book ▁The ▁D umb est ▁Generation : ▁How ▁the ▁Digital ▁Age ▁Stu pe f ies ▁Young ▁Americans ▁and ▁Je op ard izes ▁Our ▁Future ▁( Or , ▁Don ' t ▁Trust ▁Anyone ▁Under ▁ 3 0 ), ▁which ▁won ▁the ▁N aut ilus ▁Book ▁Award . ▁ ▁B auer lein ▁explains ▁how ▁his ▁experience ▁as ▁a ▁teacher ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁writing ▁of ▁The ▁D umb est ▁Generation : ▁ ▁A part ▁from ▁his ▁scholar ly ▁work , ▁he ▁publish es ▁in ▁popular ▁period ical s ▁such ▁as ▁Chron icle ▁of ▁High er ▁Education , ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post , ▁The ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal , ▁The ▁Week ly ▁Standard ▁and ▁The ▁Times ▁Liter ary ▁Supp lement . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁B auer lein ▁announced ▁his ▁conversion ▁to ▁Catholic ism . ▁He ▁has ▁self - des cribed ▁himself ▁as ▁an ▁" ed uc ational ▁conserv ative ", ▁while ▁he ▁soci ally ▁and ▁polit ically ▁ident ifies ▁as ▁being ▁" pre tty ▁liberal ▁and ▁libert arian ", ▁according ▁to ▁an ▁interview ▁conducted ▁by ▁Re ason ▁magazine . ▁He ▁end ors ed ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁in ▁the ▁