U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican, represents Arizona and is a member of the LDS church.

Laurie M. Johnson is a professor of political science and has taught a course on religion and politics at Kansas State University.

Ferrel Guillory is a professor of journalism and director of the Program on Public Life at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Walton Brown-Foster teaches a course on religion and politics at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is a member of the LDS church who has run for president. In the 2000 presidential primaries, he encountered anti-Mormon sentiment in the Midwest and ultimately withdrew from the race.

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, is a member of the LDS church.

Bitterlemons is an online roundtable, a publication on the Middle East put out by Palestinian sociologist Ghassan Khatib and Yossi Alpher, a consultant on Israeli-related strategic issues.

Daniel Sumner directs the University of California Agricultural Issues Center in Davis, Calif.

Mechel “Mickey” Paggi directs the Center for Agricultural Business at California State University, Fresno.