
Joseph Blankholm, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses primarily on atheism, secularism, and the meaning of religion.

Dusty Hoesly, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on American religions and secularism, specializing in how minority religions and spiritual movements shape modern American culture.

Juhem Navarro-Rivera, Ph.D., is a political scientist, writer, public speaker, and research consultant. He is the Political Research Director and Managing Partner at Socioanalitica Research and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Humanist Studies.