[3] He was previously the William E. Simon senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation,[4] and the founder and editor-in-chief of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute.

[5] Anderson has also served as an adjunct professor of philosophy and political science at Christendom College,[3] as Visiting Fellow at the Veritas Center at Franciscan University,[3] and as an assistant editor for First Things.

[9] His dissertation, completed in 2014, was entitled Neither Liberal Nor Libertarian: A Natural Law Approach to Social Justice and Economic Rights and it was advised by University of Notre Dame professor Michael Zuckert.

We neither excuse the crimes of a pedophiliac priest for genes that attracted him to children, nor do we dismiss the generosity of someone like Mother Teresa as the consequence of her biological makeup.

Anderson concludes the article: "He labors to remedy the unwanted causes and side effects of attractions he never desired, aware all the while that a cure isn’t certain, that in this fallen world some disorders may always be with us.

"[11][7][8] In 2012, again writing for First Things, Anderson promoted an article about advocates for a "cure" for homosexuality who fought against laws that ban the practice of conversion therapy on children.

[19][20][7][8] In 2021, Anderson wrote an article in opposition to the Equality Act, which is a bill in the United States Congress that would ban discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in federal law.

[22][23][24] The book, critical of transgender acceptance and heavily influenced by the works of Paul R. McHugh, came under scrutiny after it topped the Amazon bestsellers list in the Gay & Lesbian Civil Rights History category.

[29] In 2022 and in anticipation of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Anderson co-authored the book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing with Alexandra DeSanctis.

[32] The GLAAD Accountability Project "monitors and documents individual public figures and groups using their platforms to spread misinformation and false rhetoric against LGBTQ people, youth, and allies.