Chelsea Sobolik is a writer based in Washington, D.C., where she is also director of government relations at World Relief, a global Christian humanitarian organization and the largest evangelical refugee resettlement in the U.S.

Alicia Wrenn is vice president of resettlement and integration at HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees and was originally known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Wrenn leads U.S. programs supporting refugees and asylum-seekers.

Vaughn Baker is the President of Strategos International, a global firm specializing in security training, consulting and executive protection services. With over 25 years of law enforcement experience under his belt, Baker’s expertise includes patrol, investigation, SWAT and special operations. Media Contact is Myron Ashley.

Amy Adamczyk is professor of sociology at John Jay College in New York City. Her research includes religion, deviance and crime, sociological theory, sexuality and health.

Melvina Sumter is an associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at Old Dominion University. Her research has included religion in prisons, religion and prisoner rehabilitation, and the relationship between religion and crime reduction.

Jacques Berlinerblau is professor of Jewish civilization in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His books include Secularism: The Basics, and he has written numerous other books and scholarly articles on the topic. Berlinerblau can be reached via email or through his publicist, Kelly Hughes.

Tahil Sharma is an interfaith activist based in Los Angeles who was born to a Hindu father and a Sikh mother. After the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, shooting at a Sikh temple in 2012, Sharma became involved in efforts for interfaith literacy and social justice and has been doing this work professionally for the past seven […]

Laura Ansley is senior managing editor at the American Historical Association. In that capacity, she has published articles on the history of the culture wars in Perspectives on History. 

Andrew Hartman is a history professor at Illinois State University and the author of A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2015.