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Dale McGowan is editor and co-author of Raising Freethinkers (2009) and Parenting Beyond Belief (2007) and the anthology Voices of Unbelief (2011), and author of Atheism for Dummies (2013) and In Faith and in Doubt (2014). He currently serves as founding executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a non-profit organization focusing, encouraging, and demonstrating humanist generosity and volunteerism. Dale holds degrees in physical anthropology and music from UC Berkeley and the University of Minnesota. In 2008, he was named Harvard Humanist of the Year.

Anthony B. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. Pinn is founding director of Rice’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning. He is also the Director of Research for the Institute for Humanist Studies. He is the author/editor of 30 books including, African American Humanist Principles (2004); By These Hands: A Documentary History of African American Humanism (2001); The End of God Talk (2012) and Writing God’s Obituary: How a Good Methodist Became a Better Atheist (2014). In 1999 he received the African American Humanist Award from the Council for Secular Humanism, and in 2006 he was named Harvard Humanist of the Year.