Gregory Bothun is a physics professor at the University of Oregon in Eugene and author of Cosmology: Mankind’s Grand Investigation.

The National Home Education Research Institute in Salem, Ore., publishes a journal, the Home School Researcher.

Brian D. Ray is founder and president of the nonprofit National Home Education Research Institute in Salem, Ore.

Shannon Wight is associate director of the Youth Justice Campaign of Oregon’s Partnership for Safety and Justice. The campaign is working to keep juveniles out of the justice system and to raise the age at which Oregon youths can be tried as adults in criminal matters.

Created by the state Legislature in 1989, the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force promotes awareness, compiles research and works on public policy change. One in six Oregonians – a record number – received SNAP (food stamp) benefits in June 2009. Oregon Faith Roundtable Against Hunger is a partner organization. Contact Simone Crowe, communications director.

Community Food Security Coalition does advocacy, education and training on issues of food production and distribution to build sustainable and local food supplies. It includes member groups from the U.S. and Canada. Miriam Barnard is executive director of the Portland, Ore., group.

Jonathan K. Weedman is program director at the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center in Portland, Ore. He is skilled in multiple forms of counseling strategies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing.  

Susanna Morrill is an assistant professor of religious studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. She wrote entries on Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science for the Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics (Facts on File, 2003).

Daniel Wojcik is a professor of folklore studies at the University of Oregon. He is interested in contemporary American apocalyptic movements and groups, especially those focused on UFOs.