Editorial Staff

Norman Horn (PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Texas) is the founder and President of the Libertarian Christian Institute. His professional work as a engineer has taken him to MIT, leadership in startups, and research positions in multiple scientific disciplines. In addition, he holds an MA in Theological Studies from Lipscomb University and has published broadly in areas of political theory, theology, and science.

Adam Barger (PhD Education, William & Mary) the Director of the Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation at William & Mary. Adam’s teaching and research focus on digital fluency, web-based pedagogies, and learning in community. He is the editor of Drive-thru Pedagogy, and a founding board member of Cambridge House Christian Study Center in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Doug Bandow (JD, Stanford University) is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and served as a Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. He is the author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway) and The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology (Transaction), as well as several other books. He has written for Christianity Today, World, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, and other leading publications.

Gerard Casey (PhD Philosophy, University of Notre Dame; DLitt, National University of Ireland; JD, University of London) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University College Dublin. In addition to being an Associated Scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, he has taught at The Catholic University of America and Pontifical Institute in Washington D.C., and is the author of many books including Libertarian Anarchy and Liberty’s Progress.

Victor Claar (PhD Economics, West Virginia University) is Associate Professor of Economics at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he holds the BB&T Distinguished Professorship in Free Enterprise. In addition to being an Affiliate Scholar of the Acton Institute and Fulbright Scholar at the American University of Armenia, he has taught economics at Henderson State University and is the author of Economics in Christian Perspective and Fair Trade?.

Nick Gausling is a businessman who has previously served the Libertarian Christian Institute as Executive Director and as an Assistant Editor of CLR. He presently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of LCI.

Kevin Gutzman (PhD History, University of Virginia; JD, University of Texas) is Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University. In addition to being a faculty member of LibertyClassroom.com, he is the author of five books, including Thomas Jefferson – Revolutionary, James Madison and the Making of America, and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution.

Jeffrey Herbener (PhD Economics, Oklahoma State University) is Professor and Chair of Economics at Grove City College. In addition to being a Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and Fellow at the Center for Vision and Values (Grove City College), he is the editor of The Meaning of Ludwig von Mises and The Pure Time Preference Theory of Interest.

Jason Jewell (PhD Humanities, Florida State University) is Professor and Chair of Humanities at Faulkner University. In addition to being the Associate Editor of The Journal of Faith and the Academy and Associated Scholar at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, he is a contributor to Christian Faith and Social Justice: Five Views and many other book and encyclopedia publications.

Deirdre McCloskey (PhD Economics, Harvard University) is the Emerita Distinguished Professor of Economics and of History, and Professor of English and of Communication at the University of Illinois (Chicago) and a visiting Professor at a number of other prominent institutions. In addition to being the author of the acclaimed three-volume “The Bourgeois Era” triology, Dr. McCloskey has authored over a dozen books, over three hundred articles on economic theory, economic history, philosophy, rhetoric, feminism, ethics, and law, and recently served as a Distinguished Affiliated Fellow of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Mercatus Institute) and Inaugural Michael Polanyi Visiting Scholar of Ideas and Innovation (Charles Koch Institute).

Robert P. Murphy (PhD Economics, New York University) is Research Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University. He has taught at Hillsdale College, and is an Associated Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, Senior Economist at Institute for Energy Research, and is the President of Consulting by RPM.

David Riggs (PhD Economics, Clemson University) is Vice President of philanthropic strategy at Philanthropy Roundtable. In addition to having served as Senior Fellow at the Capital Research Center, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Center of the American Experiment, he is a board member at the Martin Center and has served as Vice President of the John William Pope Foundation.

Shawn Ritenour (PhD Economics, Auburn University) is Professor of Economics at Grove City College. In addition to having taught at Southwest Baptist University (Ruby Letsch-Roderique Chair of Economics), the University of Angers in France, and serving as an economist for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, he is the author of Foundations of Economics: A Christian View.

Alexander Salter (PhD Economics, George Mason University) is a Comparative Economics Research Fellow at the Free Market Institute and an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration at Texas Tech University. He also serves as an adjunct program officer with the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, a project fellow with the Atlas Sound Money Project, and an associate editor of the Journal of Private Enterprise.

Charles Taliaferro (PhD Philosophy, Brown University) is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Saint Olaf College. He has taught as a visiting scholar at Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, University of Chicago, St. Andrews, and elsewhere, as well as being a graduate of Harvard (MA). In addition to being the co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Theism, The Ashgate Companion to Theological Anthropology, The Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Religion, and the senior co-editor of the six-volume The History of Evil, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Open Theology and author of many other books on theology and philosophy.

Timothy Terrell (PhD Economics, Auburn University) is T.B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics and Business at Wofford College. He is Assistant Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, and serves on the editorial board of Political Economy of the Carolinas. Dr. Terrell is also Associated Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and is a Senior Fellow of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation.

David V. Urban (PhD English, University of Illinois at Chicago) is Professor of English at Calvin College. He is a scholar on John Milton and C. S. Lewis, the author of The Parabolic Milton: The Self and the Bible in John Milton’s Writings and is the recipient of a number academic awards and fellowships. In addition to also being an MDiv graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Dr. Urban is a member of the Milton Society of America, Conference on Christianity and Literature, and Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

Alex Voss (CFA, CMA, FRM, ACCA, University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago) has an extensive background in finance and economics, and is finalizing a Master of Austrian Economics at the Mises Institute. Mr. Voss has written and spoken extensively on Bitcoin, Austrian Economics and Private Governance around the US and globally. His writings are regularly published in Escape Artist Insiders magazine, Mises.org and the Free Cities Foundation.

Christopher Zoccali (PhD, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David) is Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and Assistant Professor of New Testament at Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, NY., and also serves on the Executive Board of the Canadian-American Theological Association. He is the author of two books, including Reading Philippians After Supersessionism: Jews, Gentiles, and Covenant Identity (2017), as well as a number of other publications on the New Testament.