Alissa Wilkinson is a writer, professor and film critic. She covers film and culture for Vox and teaches at The King’s College in New York City. Contact her through her website. 

Michelle Vicary is the executive vice president for programming and network publicity for Crown Media, the Hallmark Channel’s parent company. Contact her through the network’s public relations team.

Bryan Conyer serves as schools program education officer for the Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia, which addresses religious intolerance. Contact him through Ginette Everest, the organization’s executive officer.

Catriona Robertson is the director of Christian Muslim Forum, a London-based interfaith organization aimed at healing divides between Christian and Muslim faith communities.

Keith A. Mayes is a professor of African-American history at the University of Minnesota. He studies the significance and appeal of black holidays, including Kwanzaa.

Stanley P. Rosenberg is the executive director of Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford, which supports Christian scholars and students. He also serves as an adviser to the Museum of the Bible, with a particular focus on science and the Bible.

Ross Hastings is a professor of theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. His research interests include pastoral theology, mission spirituality and religion and science.

Manuel E. Cortes is a professor of biology at Bernardo O’Higgins University in Santiago, Chile. He has researched and written about the relationship between religion and science in the context of Catholic history.