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Alan Wolfe听is听the founding director of the Boisi Center and professor of political science at Boston College. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books, including, most recently,听At Home in Exile: Why Diaspora Is Good for the Jews听(2014),听Political Evil: What It Is and How to Combat It听(2011),听The Future of Liberalism听(2009),听Does American Democracy Still Work?听(2006),听Return to Greatness听(2005),听The Transformation of American Religion: How We actually Practice our Faith听(2003),听Moral Freedom听(2001) and听One Nation After All听(1999). Widely considered one of the nation's most prominent public intellectuals, he is a frequent听contributor to the听New听York Times,听Washington Post, and听Atlantic, and has delivered lectures across the United States and听Europe.

Ben Birnbaum听is special assistant to the president of Boston College, executive director of its Office of Marketing Communications, and editor of听Boston College Magazine. His essays have appeared in the听Atlantic,听Harvard Divinity Review,听Image,听Moment,听听Nextbook听and the听Jewish Review of Books, among other publications, and have been anthologized in听Best American Essays,听Best Spiritual Writing,听and听Best Catholic Writing.听He is also the recipient of the 2006听Simon Rockower Award from the American Jewish Journalists Association.听He is the author or editor of several books on Boston College history, including听The Heights, an Illustrated History of Boston College, 1863-2013听(2014), and editor of the essay collection听Take Heart: Catholic Writers on Hope in Our Time听(2007).

Susannah Heschel听is the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. Her research focuses on Jewish-Christian relations in Germany during the 19^th听and 20^th听centuries, the history of biblical scholarship, and the history of anti-Semitism. Her books include听Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus听(1998) and听The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany听(2008). She is also the editor of听Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays of Abraham Joshua Heschel听(1997)听and听Insider/Outsider: American Jews and Multiculturalism听(1998, with David Biale and Michale Galchinsky). Heschel has served as a Rockefeller fellow at the National Humanities Center, and on the Academic Advisory Committee of the Research Center of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She is currently working on a book about Jewish scholarship of Islam, for which she received a Carnegie Foundation Scholar鈥檚 Grant in 2009. She earned her B.A. in Religion from Trinity College, her M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School and her Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kevin Kenny听is professor and chair of the History Department at Boston College, where he teaches courses on American immigration and global migration. He is the author of听Making Sense of the Molly Maguires听(1998),听The American Irish: A History听(2000) and听Peaceable Kingdom Lost听(2009). He is also editor of听Ireland and the British Empire听(2004) and has published articles on immigration in the听Journal of American History听and the听Journal of American Ethnic History. Professor Kenny鈥檚 latest book,听Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction听(2013), examines the origins, meaning, and utility of a central concept in the study of migration, with particular reference to Jewish, African, Irish and Asian history. He received his B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh, and an M.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D. in American History from Columbia University.