PRRI Team

Melissa Deckman, Ph.D. (Chair)
Louis L. Goldstein Professor of Public Affairs
Chair, Political Science Department, Washington College

Terry Connelly, J.D. (Vice Chair)
Dean Emeritus, Ageno School of Business, Golden Gate University

Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D. (Secretary/Treasurer)
Speaker and author, Christianity for the Rest of Us, A People’s History of Christianity

Alan I. Abramowitz, Ph.D.
Alben W. Barkley Chair in Political Science, Emory University

Lisa Sowle Cahill, Ph.D.
J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor of Theology, Boston College
Past President, Catholic Theological Society of America and Society of Christian Ethics

Rev. Richard Cizik
Director, The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good
Former Government Liaison, National Association of Evangelicals

Rev. Jack Connelly
Senior Vice President, Municipal High Yield Trading, Raymond James and Assoc.

Paul A. Djupe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Denison University
Co-editor, Politics & Religion

Simon Greer
Founder, Cambridge Heath Ventures

Obery Hendricks, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, N.Y. Theological Seminary
Visiting Scholar in Religion, Columbia University
Faith and Justice Fellow at Opportunity Agenda, a N.Y. think-tank

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D.
CEO, Public Religion Research Institute
Co-chair, National Steering Committee, Religion and Politics Section, American Academy of Religion

Laura Olson, Ph.D.
Centennial Professor, Department of Political Science, Clemson University

Ronald Rapoport, Ph.D.
John Marshall Professor of Government, The College of William & Mary

Wade Clark Roof, Ph.D.
J.F. Rowny Professor of Religion and Society
Director, Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life, University of California, Santa Barbara

Vipin Sahijwani
President & CEO, Lynx Investment Advisory
Former President of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society of Washington, D.C.