Allan C. Carlson (born 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a scholar and former professor of history at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He is the President Emeritus of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, former director of the Family in America Studies Center, founder and long time International Secretary of the World Congress of Families[1] and editor of The Natural Family: An International Journal of Research and Policy newsletter.[2] He is also former president of the Rockford Institute.[3]