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Acton Policy Experts

Anthony B. Bradley

abradley@acton.org

Anthony B. Bradley is a research fellow at the Acton Institute, and assistant professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis.

Stephen J. Grabill

sgrabill@acton.org

Stephen Grabill earned his B.A. in philosophy and political science from Liberty University and his M.T.S., Th.M., and Ph.D. from Calvin Theological Seminary. Mr. Grabill's research interests include Protestant social thought, the thought of Abraham Kuyper, and Christian social ethics. His responsibilities at the Institute include serving as executive editor of the Journal of Markets & Morality.

Samuel Gregg

sgregg@acton.org

Dr. Samuel Gregg is Director of Research at the Acton Institute and author of On Ordered Liberty (2003), A Theory of Corruption (2004), Banking, Justice and the Common Good (2005), and The Commercial Society (2007).

Kishore Jayabalan

kjayabalan@acton.org

Kishore Jayabalan is director of Istituto Acton, the Acton Institute's Rome office where he organizes the Institute's educational and outreach efforts in Rome and throughout Europe.

Michael Miller

mmiller@acton.org

Michael Miller is the Director of Programs at the Acton Institute and also oversees Acton's international work. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, has an MA from Nagoya University's Graduate School of International Development (Japan), an MA in philosophy from Franciscan University, and an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird (The American Graduate School of International Management). Before coming to Acton, he spent three years at Ave Maria College of the Americas in Nicaragua where he taught philosophy and political science and was the chair of the philosophy and theology department. He has almost 10 years of international experience and has lived and traveled in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He has been published in the Washington Times, The Detroit News, The LA Daily News, and Crisis. His research interests include political economy, moral philosophy, economic development, and political theory

Jennifer Roback Morse

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Senior Fellow in Economics at the Acton Institute and regular contributor to National Review Online and The National Catholic Register, received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester. Until recently, she was a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She has been on the faculty of Yale University and George Mason University, and is the author of Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family doesn't work.

Jay W. Richards

jrichards@acton.org

Jay W. Richards is a research fellow and director of Acton Media at the Acton Institute. He is the author of many scholarly and popular articles in publications such as the Washington Post, National Review Online, and Washington Times, as well as several books, including The Untamed God and The Privileged Planet: How our place in the cosmos is designed for discovery, with astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. He is executive producer of the documentary, The Call of the Entrepreneur (Acton Media, 2007), and is currently writing The Christian Case for Capitalism (HarperCollins/HarperOne, 2009).

Kevin E. Schmiesing

kschmiesing@acton.org

Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D., is a research fellow for Research department at the Acton Institute. He is a frequent writer on Catholic social thought and economics, is the author of American Catholic Intellectuals, 1895-1955 (Edwin Mellen Press, 2002) and is most recently the author of Within the Market Strife: American Catholic Economic Thought from Rerum Novarum to Vatican II (Lexington Books, 2004).

Rev. Robert A. Sirico

rsirico@acton.org

Rev. Robert A. Sirico is president of the Acton Institute. As president of the Acton Institute, Fr. Sirico lectures at colleges, universities, and business organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad. His writings on religious, political, economic, and social matters are published in a variety of journals, including: the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the London Financial Times, the Washington Times, the Detroit News, and National Review. Father Sirico is often called upon by members of the broadcast media for statements regarding economics, civil rights, and issues of religious concern, and has provided commentary for CNN, ABC, the BBC, NPR, and CBS' 60 Minutes, among others.