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Rebecca Edwards is a professor of history at Vassar College with a special interest in the post-Civil War era, including electoral politics and the history of women and gender

Bart D. Ehrman is the author of The Triumph of Christianity and the author or editor of more than 30 books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. Ehrman is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. Connect with him on Twitter @BartEhrman and Facebook.com/AuthorBartEhrman.

Bart D. Ehrman is the author of The Triumph of Christianity and the author or editor of more than 30 books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. Ehrman is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. Connect with him on Twitter @BartEhrman and Facebook.com/AuthorBartEhrman.

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred is a freelance journalist based in Minneapolis. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, the Washington Post, and Sahan Journal.

Farrell Evans is an award-winning journalist who writes about sports and history.

Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an award-winning journalist and the author of Teaching Native Pride, the memoir Believing in Indians and other books. He can be found at tonytekaroniakeevans.com.

Noah Feldman is a professor of law at Harvard University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. His books include “The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President.”

Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman is the New York Times-bestselling author of One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon, The Wal-Mart Effect and The Big Thirst.

Donald L. Fixico (Muscogee, Seminole, Shawnee and Sac & Fox) is a Regents' and Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University.  He is the author and editor of 18 books on American Indians and the West.