University of Minnesota

Dr. Roger Lundin researches nineteenth-century American literature, the relationship of Christianity to literature, and modern intellectual history, with a particular interest in philosophy and theology. He is currently directing a multi-year project on American literature and religion, which is sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and co-sponsored by the Erasmus Institute of the University of Notre Dame.

Gayle Reed, a former psychiatric nurse, received a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Educational Psychology. Her research has demonstrated that a forgiveness recovery program resulted in psychological benefits for women with a history of spousal psychological abuse. A second study revealed an association between forgiveness levels and psychological health for people divorced due to infidelity.

W. Bradford Wilcox is Assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. at Princeton University. Mr. Wilcox's research focuses on the influence of religious belief and practice on marriage, cohabitation, parenting, and fatherhood. His first book, Soft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands, (Chicago, 2004) examines the ways in which the religious beliefs and practices of American Protestant men influence their approach to parenting, household labor, and marriage.