SCHOLARS & COMMENTATORS

Pulitzer Prize winning author Joseph Ellis is among the most beloved and influential historians in America, having written multiple NY Times bestselling books. After receiving his PhD in history from Yale, he taught history at West Point, and went on to write some of the most popular and highly acclaimed books on the Founding Fathers.

One of the most recognizable and best known Hollywood A-list actors spanning seven decades, Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss has also been long concerned and is passionately outspoken about the absence of teaching civics in our schools, citing the need to empower future generations with the critical-thinking skills they need to fulfill the vast potential of American citizenship.

Cambridge PhD in History and Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, Baron Andrew Roberts of Belgravia has been called one of the greatest biographers in the English language today. Author or editor of over 20 books, he is a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, and Visiting Professor at King’s College, London.

NY Times bestselling author Paul Kengor is Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, and writer of over 20 books, among them several bestsellers on American history and the presidency, including two books on Ronald Reagan, upon which the upcoming, greatly anticipated theatrical motion picture Reagan is based.

In a 38-year career as historian at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, culminating as Research Historian of the George Washington Presidential Library, Mary Thompson is considered to be one of the world’s foremost experts on the Father of our Country. She has authored 3 seminal books on Washington’s faith, his relationship to slavery, and a biography of Martha Washington.

Considered one of the “Mothers of Bioethics,” Peggy Battin, Ph.D. from UC Irvine, is Distinguished Honors Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. She has written or edited over 20 books and countless papers, including an essay on the “Same-Day Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.”

Pulitzer Prize nominated author, journalist, and Cambridge and Columbia educated Nick Bunker espouses a unique British perspective on the American Experiment, having written several books on early and post World War II American history, including the bestselling An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America, winner of the George Washington Prize.

Philosopher of Science, geophysicist, and college professor Stephen Meyer is the Director of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. Steve’s books and peer-reviewed volumes include a NY Times bestseller and Times (of London) Literary Supplement Book of the Year, and is a regular contributor to many national network news and talk programs.

Former staff member at the White House Communication Office and Texas Governor’s office, US presidential historian, national television commentator in the US and Europe, and historical storyteller Jane Cook is the award-winning author of 3 children’s and 10 mainstream books, including Resilience on Parade: Short Stories of Suffragists & Women’s Battle for the Vote.

Considered to be among the top 20 contemporary American legal thinkers, and one of the leading experts on the US Constitution and criminal procedure, Akhil Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia University. Supreme Court justices have cited his work in more than four dozen SCOTUS cases.

Robert George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.  He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a D.Phil. from Oxford, chaired the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and was a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Writer, producer, and director John Grooters is among the most sought-after screenwriters of faith-based documentaries, feature films, educational media, and commercials, inspiring millions throughout the world. In 2021 John wrote, produced, and directed the multi-award-winning Sabina: Tortured for Christ – The Nazi Years, and wrote the screenplay for The American Miracle.