Berkley Center

Thomas Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and serves as vice president for global engagement at Georgetown University, where he is a professor in the Department of Government and the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Abigail Clauhs graduated from Boston University in 2014 with a major in religion and a minor in English. She is completed her M.Div. at Claremont School of Theology, where she is focused on interfaith engagement and social justice. In spring and summer 2012 she was a Millennial Values Fellow and research assistant at the Berkley Center.

Daniel Cox is the director of research and co-founder of Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization specializing in research at the intersection of religion, values, and public policy. Prior to joining PRRI, Cox served as research associate at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, where he worked on the core research team for dozens of polls, including the groundbreaking Religious Landscape Survey, one of the largest public opinion surveys on religion ever conducted. Cox specializes in youth politics and religion, and his work has appeared in numerous national news and religious publications including the New York Times, ABC News, CNN, Newsweek, World Magazine, and others. He holds an M.A. in American government from Georgetown University and a B.A. in political science from Union College. He is an active member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research.

Dr. Robert P. Jones is the CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and a leading scholar in both academic and public policy circles. He co-chairs the national steering committee for the Religion and Politics Section at the American Academy of Religion and is an active member of the American Sociological Association, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the American Association of Public Opinion Research. Prior to joining PRRI Jones worked as a consultant and senior research fellow at several think tanks in Washington, DC and was assistant professor of religious studies at Missouri State University. He is the author of The End of White Christian America (2016), among others. He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Emory University and a M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.