Ron Novy is a lecturer in philosophy and the humanities at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. He contributed a chapter to the book Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry.

Daniel Malloy teaches philosophy at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. His research focuses on ethics, and he writes frequently about the intersection of pop culture and philosophy. He wrote a chapter on the morality of Spider-Man’s jokes for the book Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry.

Mark D. White is professor and chair of the department of political science, economics and philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY. He co-edited Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul.

Arthur Kurzweil is a New York author, editor and publisher who helped start the first Jewish Genealogical Society. His books include the classic From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History.

J. Matthew Wilson is an associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. His interests include religion and politics, and voting behavior of religious voters.

This book by Bradford W. Wright details the history of the comic book industry in a 20th-century context.

This book by David A. Zimmerman discusses themes in superhero comics.

Robert Wexler is president of the American Jewish University (formerly the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute) in Los Angeles. Under his presidency, AJU has grown to 10,000 students.

Sharon Feiman-Nemser is a professor of Jewish education at Brandeis University and director of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. She says Jews need to find ways to help unaffiliated and disaffected Jews discover meaning in the faith. A major challenge, she says, will be to ascertain ways to make this ancient faith […]