Rebecca S. Chopp is chancellor of the University of Denver. She previously served as president of Swarthmore College from 2009 until 2014, and as president of Colgate University from 2002 until 2009. Her earlier academic appointments include tenures as dean of Yale Divinity School, provost of Emory University, and dean of the Candler School of Theology at Emory, where she began her academic career as professor of theology. A widely published author and editor, her most recent book is Remaking College: Innovation and the Liberal Arts (2013), which she co-edited with Dan Weiss. In her career as a theologian, she also wrote The Praxis of Suffering: An Interpretation of Liberation and Political Theologies (1986), The Power to Speak: Feminism, Language, God (1989), and Saving Work: Feminist Practices of Theological Education (1995). In addition, she has published more than 50 articles. She serves on the governing board of the Association of American Colleges & Universities and is a past president of the American Academy of Religion. Chopp earned a BA in religion and rhetoric/communication from Kansas Wesleyan University, an MDiv from Saint Paul School of Theology, and a PhD in systematic theology from the University of Chicago.

​Katherine (Trina) Janiec Jones is associate professor of religion and associate provost for curriculum and co-curriculum at Wofford College. She specializes in Indian Buddhism and Hinduism. Since her teaching career began shortly after 9/11, she was soon asked to teach about Islam as well—creating courses, leading community conversations, and writing about that faith tradition. As a result, her teaching, research, and administrative work has focused on interfaith studies, religious pluralism, and broader questions of diversity and inclusion on college campuses. Since becoming associate provost, Jones has led a review and reform of general education at Wofford and is facilitating work in curricular innovation and experimentation. Her current project examines interfaith studies courses and curricula at several U.S. colleges and universities. She previously taught at Transylvania University. Jones earned a BA in religion from Davidson College and an MA in religious studies and PhD in philosophy of religion from the University of Chicago.

​Rachel S. Mikva currently serves as the Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies and senior faculty fellow of the InterReligious Institute at Chicago Theological Seminary. Her work addresses a range of Jewish and comparative religious studies, with a special interest in the intersections of sacred texts, culture, and ethics. She also has 13 years of experience as a congregational rabbi, bringing a pastoral lens to vocational discernment and the work of building community in diverse contexts. She is the editor of Broken Tablets: Restoring the Ten Commandments and Ourselves (2000) and author of Midrash vaYosha: A Medieval Midrash on the Song at the Sea (2012), as well as a variety of articles and academic papers on biblical interpretation and interreligious engagement. Her current book project is titled Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. She earned a BA in drama and communication from Stanford University, an MA in Hebrew letters and rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College, and a PhD in midrash, scriptural interpretation, and rabbinic literature from Jewish Theological Seminary.

​Anantanand Rambachan is professor of religion, philosophy, and Asian studies at St. Olaf College. His scholarly interests include the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedanta, Hindu ethics, and liberation theology. He has been involved for over 25 years in interreligious relations and dialogue as a Hindu participant and analyst, including work for the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He also held the post of visiting professor at the Academy for the Study of World Religions at the University of Hamburg in Germany from 2013 to 2017. His books include Accomplishing the Accomplished: The Vedas as a Source of Valid Knowledge in Shankara (1991), The Limits of Scripture: Vivekananda’s Reinterpretation of the Vedas (1994), The Advaita Worldview: God, World, and Humanity (2006), and A Hindu Theology of Liberation: Not-Two Is Not One (2015). He completed his undergraduate studies in history and English at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad, and earned an MA and PhD in theology and religious studies from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

​Zeenat Rahman is project director of the Inclusive America Project at the Aspen Institute. Launched in 2012, this nonpartisan project seeks to increase respect for diverse religious identities in the public sphere, to foster positive interfaith interactions, and to form partnerships among people of different beliefs to advance the common good. Rahman’s experience spans national security, foreign policy, and leadership development through work in government, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations. She served at the U.S. Department of State, working as special adviser on global youth issues to secretaries Clinton and Kerry. Earlier, she served as director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the United States Agency for International Development. A frequent speaker and commentator, she has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and many international news outlets and has spoken at the United Nations, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, and the White House. Rahman earned a BA in psychology from the University of Illinois and an MA in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Chicago.

​Robert M. Franklin, Jr. is James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor of Moral Leadership at Emory University, where he previously served as Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at Candler School of Theology and as a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University School of Law. He is president emeritus of Morehouse College, where he served from 2007 through 2012. Previously he was president of the Interdenominational Theological Center and held appointments on the faculties of the University of Chicago, Harvard Divinity School, and Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He also served as program officer in human rights and social justice at the Ford Foundation. Franklin is the author of three books: Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities (2007); Another Day’s Journey: Black Churches Confronting the American Crisis (1997); and Liberating Visions: Human Fulfillment and Social Justice in African-American Thought (1990). He coauthored From Culture Wars to Common Ground: Religion and the American Family Debate (2001). Franklin earned a BA in political science and religion from Morehouse College, an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD in ethics and society from the University of Chicago Divinity School.