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      • Assessing the Long-Term Effectiveness of Seminaries in Maximum Security Prisons
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Naji Abi-Hashem
Non-Resident Scholar
Psychology
najiabihashem@gmail.com
Amy Adamczyk
Non-Resident Scholar
Criminal Justice
aadamczyk@jjay.cuny.edu
Charity Anderson
Resident Scholar
Philosophy
charity_anderson@baylor.edu
Abjar Bahkou
Non-Resident Scholar
Arabic
frabjarbahkou@gmail.com
Francis Beckwith
Resident Scholar
Philosophy & Church-State Studies
Francis_Beckwith@baylor.edu
Susan Bratton
Resident Scholar
Environmental Studies
susan_bratton@baylor.edu
Jon Clifton
Non-Resident Senior Scholar
Jon_Clifton@gallup.com
David Corey
Resident Scholar
Political Science
David_D_Corey@baylor.edu
Elizabeth Corey
Resident Scholar, Political Science
Baylor University, Honors College
Elizabeth_Corey@baylor.edu
Christy Craft
Non-Resident Scholar
ccraft@ksu.edu
Stephen Cranney
Non-Resident Scholar
cranney.stephen@gmail.com
Phillip Donnelly
Resident Scholar
Phillip_Donnelly@baylor.edu
Kevin Dougherty
Resident Scholar
Kevin_Dougherty@baylor.edu
Grant Duwe
Non-Resident Scholar
Director of Research
Minnesota Department of Corrections
grant.duwe@state.mn.us
Jonathan Eckert
Resident Scholar
Jon_eckert@baylor.edu
Christopher Ellison
Distinguished Non-Resident Senior Scholar
christopher.ellison@utsa.edu
Roger Finke
Non-Resident Scholar
rfinke@psu.edu
Paul Froese
Resident Scholar
Paul_Froese@baylor.edu
Perry Glanzer
Resident Scholar
Religion, Ethics and Higher Education
Perry_Glanzer@baylor.edu
Alessandra L. González
Non-Resident Scholar
University of Chicago
Public Policy Studies
alg2@uchicago.edu
Brian Grim
Non-Resident Scholar
brian@religiousfreedomandbusiness.org
Mark Hall
Non-Resident Senior Scholar
mhall@regent.edu
Michael Hallett
Non-Resident Scholar
drmichaelhallett@gmail.com
Christopher Hancock
Non-Resident Senior Scholar
chancock@oxfordhouseresearch.com
Barry Hankins
Resident Scholar
Religion & American Culture
barry_hankins@baylor.edu
Joshua Hays
Non-Resident Scholar
william_hays@baylor.edu
Jay F. Hein
Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar
Sagamore Institute
Allen D. Hertzke
Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar
Religion and Politics
ahertzke@ou.edu
David Hodge
Senior Non-Resident Scholar
Spirituality
DavidHodge@asu.edu
John A. Humphrey
Non-Resident Scholar
jhumphre@anselm.edu
Mark Hutchinson
Non-Resident Scholar
m.hutchinson@westernsydney.edu.au
Kyle Irwin
Resident Scholar
Sociology
Kyle.Irwin38@gmail.com
William H. Jeynes
Non-Resident Scholar
whjharvard@post.harvard.edu
Andrew Johnson
Non-Resident Scholar
ANDREW.JOHNSON@METROSTATE.EDU
Blake Kent
Non-Resident Scholar
Westmont College and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
bkent@westmont.edu
Kent Kerley
Non-Resident Scholar
Criminology
krkerley@uab.edu
Young-Il Kim
Non-Resident Scholar
ykim@georgefox.edu
Harold Koenig
Non-Resident Senior Scholar
harold.koenig@duke.edu
Bruce Longenecker
Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar
Professor of Religion
W.W. Melton Chair
Bruce_longenecker@baylor.edu
Yunfeng Lu
Non-Resident Scholar
Peking University
luyf@pku.edu.cn
John Maiden
Non-Resident Fellow
Open University, UK
Christos Makridis
Non-Resident Scholar
cmakridi@asu.edu
Wilfred McClay
Non-Resident Scholar
History
Bill-McClay@utc.edu
Paul McKechnie
Non-Resident Scholar
paul.mckechnie@mq.edu.au
Mansoor Moaddel
Non-Resident Scholar
Middle East
moaddel@umd.edu
Mitchell Neubert
Resident Scholar
Management, Entrepreneurship, and Ethics
Mitchell_Neubert@baylor.edu
Frank Newport
Non-Resident Distinguished Scholar
Gallup Organization
Stephen Offutt
Non-Resident Scholar
stephen.w.offutt@gmail.com
Catherine Pakaluk
Non-Resident Scholar
Social Research and Economic Thought
pakalukc@cua.edu
Jason Paltzer
Resident Scholar
Epidemiology
jason@meroscenter.org
Kenneth Pargament
Non-Resident Scholar
Health
kpargam@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Jerry Park
Resident Scholar
jerry_park@baylor.edu
Steven Pfaff
Non-Resident Scholar
Historical Sociology
pfaff@u.washington.edu
Stephen Post
Resident Scholar
Religion and Civic Life
stephen.post@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Charles Ramsey
Resident Scholar
Charles_Ramsey@baylor.edu
Jacqueline C. Rivers
Non-Resident Scholar
African-American Studies and Sociology
riversjacqueline@hotmail.com
Robert Roberts
Resident Scholar
Robert_roberts@baylor.edu
Wade Rowatt
Resident Scholar
wade_rowatt@baylor.edu
Cindy Lynn Salazar-Collier
Non-Resident Scholar
Public Health
cindy.collier@tamiu.edu
Amy L. Sherman
Non-Resident Senior Scholar
amys@sagamoreinstitute.org
Buster G. Smith
Non-Resident Scholar
bgsmith@catawba.edu
Brian Stanley
Non-Resident Scholar
Brian.Stanley@ed.ac.uk
Edward Stetzer
Non-Resident Scholar
Ryan Streeter
Non-Resident Scholar
ryan@ryanstreeter.com
Anna Sun
Non-Resident Scholar
anna.x.sun@duke.edu
Matt Thomas
Resident Scholar
mthomas@tcsfairfax.com
Hilary Towers
Non-Resident Scholar
jmajsg@yahoo.com
JoAnn Tsang
Resident Scholar
JoAnn_Tsang@Baylor.edu
Jeffrey Ulmer
Non-Resident Scholar
Criminology
jtu100@psu.edu
Renée Umstattd Meyer
Resident Scholar
Renee_Umstattd@baylor.edu
Tyler VanderWeele
Non-Resident Scholar
Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
tvanderw@hsph.harvard.edu
John Wallace
Non-Resident Scholar
Social Work
johnw@pitt.edu
Jerold Waltman
Resident Scholar
Jerold_Waltman@baylor.edu
Stephen Watters
Non-Resident Scholar
Linguistics
steve_watters@sil.org
Dedong Wei
Non-Resident Scholar
wdedong@ruc.edu.cn
James K. Wellman Jr.
Non-Resident Scholar
Comparative Religions
jwellman@uw.edu
W. Bradford Wilcox
Non-Resident Scholar
Marriage & Family
wbw7q@virginia.edu
Ralph Wood
Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar
Ralph_Wood@baylor.edu
William Wubbenhorst
Non-Resident Scholar
Kelly Ylitalo
Resident Scholar
Kelly_Ylitalo@baylor.edu
Hongwei Yu
Non-Resident Scholar
y.hongwei@yahoo.com

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      • Character Virtues and College Students: A Pilot Study
      • Merit Beyond the Badges: Eagle Scouts in Later Life
      • Prosocial Youth Behavior
      • Relevant Studies on Prosocial Corrections
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