Herman Belz is a professor of U.S. and constitutional history at the University of Maryland in College Park. He has authored four monographs, edited another work, and co-authored a standard text in his field. He is the author of more than 56 articles or chapters in books and 19 essays. Mr. Belz has won grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the American Bar Foundation for Legal History, among others. His first book was awarded the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association. At the University of Maryland, he has served as director of graduate studies in the history department and as a member of both the Campus Senate Executive Committee and the Graduate Council. Mr. Belz received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

Jewel Spears Brooker, Professor of Literature at Eckerd College, has held research or teaching appointments at Yale University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and Cambridge University. She is the author of dozens of essays on modern literature and has written or edited eight books on modern literature, including  T. S. Eliot: The Contemporary Reviews and  Mastery and Escape: T.S. Eliot and the Dialectic of Modernism. Ms. Spears Brooker has received grants from NEH, the Knight Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trust. She has lectured widely in Europe and Asia, and has served as president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Ms. Spears Brooker received a B.S. from Stetson University, an M.A. from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida.

Josiah Bunting III is President of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. In addition to numerous articles, he has authored six books of fiction and non-fiction, including  The Lionheads; An Education for Our Time; and the forthcoming  Singular Eminence: The Life of George C. Marshall. Mr. Bunting, a Rhodes Scholar, holds four honorary degrees and a Bronze Star Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He has served as Superintendent and Professor of the Humanities at the Virginia Military Institute, having previously served as President of Briarcliff College and Hampden-Sydney College. Mr. Bunting received a B.A. from the Virginia Military Institute, and a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Oxford.

Celeste Colgan is a self-employed consultant on higher education academic matters and the intermountain coordinator for the American Council of Trustees and Alumni for teacher preparation reform. She formerly served as a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). Before joining NCPA, Ms. Colgan served as vice president for administration and human resources at Halliburton Company, director of the State of Wyoming Department of Commerce, and deputy chairman of NEH. She was also an adjunct professor at the University of Wyoming and the chairman of the Division of Language and Literature at Casper College. Ms. Colgan received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Wyoming and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

Jane Marie (Jamie) Doggett is a County Commissioner in Meagher County, Montana. Educated to be a teacher, she has devoted herself to family ranching and to civic and political leadership that have benefited the public humanities in Montana and throughout the nation. Ms. Doggett has chaired both the Montana Committee for the Humanities and the National Board of the Federation of State Humanities Councils. She is a recipient of the Montana Governor's Humanities Award. Ms. Doggett earned a B.A. from Montana State University and teacher certification from Western Montana College.

Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago-Divinity School. She has written numerous essays and authored and/or edited twenty books, including  Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World, Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy and  Augustine and the Limits of Politics. Ms. Elshtain is the recipient of nine honorary degrees and received the 2002 Frank J. Goodnow Award, the American Political Science Association's highest award for distinguished service to the profession. Beginning in Fall 2006, she will serve a three-year appointment as the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Chair in the Foundations of American Freedom at Georgetown University. Ms. Elshtain received a B.A. and M.A. from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. from Brandeis University.

Dario Fernández-Morera is an associate professor of comparative literature and Hispanic studies at Northwestern University, where he specializes in Golden Age literature. Among his publications are  American Academia and the Survival of Marxist Ideas, The Lyre and the Oaten Flute: Garcilaso and the Pastoral, Fray Luis: Poesia (ed.),  Europe and its Encounter with the Amerindians (ed.),  Cervantes y su mundo, and Cervantes in the English-Speaking World. He has also written numerous articles ranging from critical, cultural, economic, and political issues to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century and contemporary literature. He has served as a consultant on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals. Mr. Fernández-Morera received a B.A. from Stanford University, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Allen C. Guelzo is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College. He has written numerous books and essays including  Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and  Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, which both won the Lincoln Prize and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Prize, making him the first double Lincoln Laureate. His other awards include the American Library Association Choice Award, the Albert C. Outler Prize in Ecumenical Church History, and the Dean's Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly Dean of Templeton Honors College and the Grace F. Kea Professor of American History at Eastern University. Mr. Guelzo received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.Div. from Philadelphia Theological Seminary.

Mary Habeck is an associate professor of strategic studies in the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Habeck is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and previously served as an associate professor of history at Yale University. She has written or edited numerous books and articles, including  Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919-1939 and Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror. Ms Habeck received a B.A. from Ohio State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University.

James Davison Hunter is the LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theory and the Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He has written eight books and numerous essays, articles, and reviews. Mr. Hunter was named as a finalist by the Los Angeles Times for their 1992 Book Prize for his book  Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America. In 2005, Mr. Hunter earned the Richard M. Weaver Prize for Scholarly Letters. He is also the recipient of the Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for his book Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation and the Gustavus Myers Award for the Study of Human Rights for Articles of Faith: Articles of Peace. Mr. Hunter received his B.A. from Gordon College and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University.

Tamar Jacoby is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and writes extensively on immigration, citizenship, ethnicity, and race. Her most recent book, Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means To Be American, was published in 2004. Her articles and essays have appeared in national magazines, newspapers and journals. Ms. Jacoby also received a fellowship from NEH to support the research and writing of her 1998 book  Someone Else's House: America's Unfinished Struggle for Integration. She previously served as the senior writer and justice editor for Newsweek and was the deputy editor of The New York Times op-ed page. In 2002, she co-founded The New Americans Project, a bipartisan group devoted to encouraging immigrants to become citizens. Ms. Jacoby received her B.A. from Yale University and has taught at Yale University, Cooper Union, and the New School University.

Harvey Klehr is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of politics and history at Emory University. He has authored numerous books and articles, including  In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage, The Secret World of American Communism, and Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. Three of Mr. Klehr's books have been nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. His awards include the Emory Williams Teaching Award, Emory University Scholar-Teacher of the Year, and the Thomas Jefferson Award. He has also led NEH summer seminars on the topics of "Intellectuals and Communism" and "Communism and American Life." Mr. Klehr received his B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Iris Cornelia Love is an archeologist, professor, art and music critic, and lecturer. As a field archaeologist, she directed the dig at Knidos, Turkey, where she discovered the Temple of Aphrodite, considered lost for centuries. She has worked extensively at Samothrace and other sites in Greece and in Italy. In addition to her many archaeological discoveries, Ms. Love has published on a variety of academic and cultural subjects. She also has served as editor-at-large for Architectural Digest and Parade Magazine. Ms. Love did her graduate work at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University and has several honorary degrees.

Robert Martin is professor and Lillian Bradshaw Endowed Chair in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University in Denton. He has authored, co-authored, or edited seven books and numerous articles, including  Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 1513 - 1900 and Scholarly Communication in an Electronic Environment: Issues for Research Libraries. Mr. Martin has served as Director and Librarian of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin, Texas, and Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Martin received a B.A. from Rice University, an M.L.S. from North Texas State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Wilfred M. McClay is a professor of history and the SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is author of  The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America (1994) , which received the Organization of American Historians' 1995 Merle Curti Award for best book in American intellectual history. His honors include the John Templeton Foundation award for distinguished teaching and scholarship. Mr. McClay has also taught at Georgetown University, Tulane University, and Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and a member of the Society of Scholars at the James Madison Program of Princeton University. Mr. McClay received a B.A. from St. John's College and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

Lawrence Okamura is an associate professor of history and adjunct associate professor of classical studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In addition to ancient history, he teaches courses in the humanities sequence of the Honors College. He has written on Roman numismatics and on archaeology within and beyond the imperial frontiers. Among many awards and recognitions, he has received the Purple Chalk Teaching Award from the College of Arts & Science and the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. He also serves on the national teaching committees for the World History Association and on the editorial board of the World History Teaching Journal. Mr. Okamura received a B.A. from Pomona College, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Manfredi Piccolomini is a professor of comparative literature at Lehman College of the City University of New York. He has served as the Cultural Director of the Foundation for Italian Art and Culture, and is the author of numerous books and articles, including Changing Modes of Originality in Art and The Brutus Revival: Parricide and Tyrannicide During the Renaissance. Mr. Piccolomini received his Laurea from the University of Florence and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Ricardo J. Quinones is professor emeritus and the Josephine Olps Weeks Professor of comparative literature at Claremont McKenna College and the director for the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies. He has authored six books, including The Renaissance Discovery of Time, Dante, The Changes of Cain, and most recently, Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's Commedia. He has held academic positions as professor or visiting professor at many colleges and universities, including Harvard University, the City University of New York, and UC Irvine. He has served as president of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, chair of the MLA's executive committee on comparative literature, and member of the California Council for the Humanities. Mr. Quinones received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Marguerite H. Sullivan is Director of the Center on International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy. She is the author of  A Responsible Press Office: An Insider's View published by the U.S. State Department. She served as a former assistant to Vice President Dan Quayle, Chief of Staff to Marilyn Quayle, and head of the federal liaison office of former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. A former reporter and columnist, Ms. Sullivan was also president of the Washington Press Club. She served on the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C., and is a former director of communications policy at NEH. Ms. Sullivan also served as director of the U.S. UNESCO Affairs Office and executive director of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. Ms. Sullivan received her B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University.

Stephan A. Thernstrom is the Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His books have been awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History and the Waldo G. Leland Prize of the American Historical Association. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, Social Science Research Council, and John M. Olin Foundation. Mr. Thernstrom previously served as associate professor at Brandeis University and professor at UCLA. In 1978-79, he was the Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge and Professorial Fellow at Trinity College. Mr. Thernstrom received his B.S. from Northwestern University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Kenneth R. Weinstein is Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Institute. A political theorist by training who has written on the history of early modern philosophy, he has taught at Claremont McKenna College and Georgetown University. Mr. Weinstein has written widely on international affairs for leading publications in the United States, Europe, and Asia including, most recently, "The Rise of Toleration in the West and Its Implications for the War on Terror" in The West at War. He has been decorated with a knighthood in Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication as a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Mr. Weinstein received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, a D.E.A. from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Jay Winik is one of the nation's leading public historians. Mr. Winik's many writings include the award-winning New York Times best-seller April 1865: The Month that Saved America, which is now part of the distinguished "Modern Classic" series and was the basis for an Emmy-nominated History Channel special. He is a regular reviewer of history for the Wall Street Journal, a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review section, and has contributed to numerous anthologies. He currently serves on boards and advisory councils for the Civil War Preservation Trust, the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, the James Madison Book Award, Ford's Theatre, and The Lincoln Forum. Mr. Winik received a B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics.