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Dr. Matthew Anderson is a lecturer in Georgetown University's Department of Theology and Religious Studies. His research focuses on Christian-Muslim relations, Islamic approaches to modernity, and the theological and social challenges posed by religious diversity. While completing his Ph.D. at Georgetown, Anderson was twice granted a summer dissertation fellowship with the Religious Freedom Research Project (2015, 2017). He also served as a co-editor for the Religious Freedom Research Project's 2014 volume, "Islam and Religious Freedom: A Sourcebook of Scriptural, Theological, and Legal Texts." 

Elise Anderson is the senior program officer for research and advocacy at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, where she works on research documenting abuses of the human rights of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the Uyghur Region and develops advocacy campaigns with partners around the globe. Her research and writing have appeared in academic and public-facing publications. She has provided expert testimony before the Canadian House of Commons and Uyghur Tribunal, and previously worked as a Liu Xiaobo Fellow at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

Dr. John Borelli, a historian of religions and theologian, is special assistant for Catholic identity and dialogue to President John J. DeGioia of Georgetown University. Borelli has been at Georgetown University since 2004, where he teaches, manages conferences and events, coordinates dialogues, facilitates workshops, and promotes university relations with offices and institutes of the Holy See.

Chris Seiple is principal advisor to the Templeton Religion Trust’s Covenantal Pluralism Initiative. Previously, he served as Senior Fellow for Comparative Religion at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington as well as President Emeritus of the Institute for Global Engagement. Dr. Seiple holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Tufts University.