Derek C. Araujo is Vice President and General Counsel of the Center for Inquiry, director of CFI's legal programs, and CFI's Representative to the United Nations. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in physics, and earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he served as a Senior Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. During his college years, he was the founding President of the Campus Freethought Alliance (now CFI On Campus) and of the Harvard Secular Society.Derek C. Araujo is Vice President and General Counsel of the Center for Inquiry, director of CFI's legal programs, and CFI's Representative to the United Nations. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in physics, and earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he served as a Senior Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. During his college years, he was the founding President of the Campus Freethought Alliance (now CFI On Campus) and of the Harvard Secular Society.

Recent Entries

• CFI Urges Supreme Court to Deny Religious Student Group’s Right to Violate Non-Discrimination Policy

  March 16, 2010

• CFI-India Representative Arrested for “Hurting the Sentiments of Muslims”

  March 15, 2010

• Scientology Defectors Say Church Hides Abuse

  March 7, 2010

• Nun “Cured” by Pope John Paul II Falls Ill Again

  March 5, 2010

• Scientologists Hire Famed Reporters to Investigate Enemies

  February 22, 2010

Michael De Dora Jr. is executive director of the New York City branch of the Center for Inquiry, serving as a public voice for science, reason, and secular values. Along with his full-time work at CFI, Michael is finishing a political science master's degree at CUNY-Brooklyn College. He was previously a news writer and editor at both FOXNews.com and CUNY. Michael spent his undergraduate years at SUNY-Albany, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric and Communication.Michael De Dora Jr. is executive director of the New York City branch of the Center for Inquiry, serving as a public voice for science, reason, and secular values. Along with his full-time work at CFI, Michael is finishing a political science master's degree at CUNY-Brooklyn College. He was previously a news writer and editor at both FOXNews.com and CUNY. Michael spent his undergraduate years at SUNY-Albany, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric and Communication.

Recent Entries

• The Problems With the Atheistic Approach to the World

  March 19, 2010

• A Call for Compromise: A Letter to Itawamba County Agricultural High School Leaders

  March 12, 2010

• Why Democratic Discourse?

  March 9, 2010

D.J. Grothe is president of the James Randi Educational Foundation. He is also the former Vice President and Director of Outreach Programs for the Center for Inquiry and associate editor of Free Inquiry magazine. He hosted the weekly radio show and podcast Point of Inquiry, exploring the implications of the scientific outlook with leading thinkers.D.J. Grothe is president of the James Randi Educational Foundation. He is also the former Vice President and Director of Outreach Programs for the Center for Inquiry and associate editor of Free Inquiry magazine. He hosted the weekly radio show and podcast Point of Inquiry, exploring the implications of the scientific outlook with leading thinkers.

Recent Entries

• Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian Nobelist and secular humanist, dies

  November 9, 2009

• The real meaning of the “Good without God” ad campaign

  November 6, 2009

• CFI’s Michael De Dora, Jr. appears on GritTV to debate “Religion on the Left”

  November 3, 2009

• Fun with the TV Ghost Hunters in St. Louis

  November 2, 2009

• Rev. Michael Dowd and The New Atheists as God’s Prophets

  November 2, 2009

Ronald A. Lindsay is president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He has been described both as a lawyer masquerading as a philosopher and as a philosopher pretending to be a lawyer. Both statements may be true. One undisputed fact: He is the author of Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas (2008).Ronald A. Lindsay is president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He has been described both as a lawyer masquerading as a philosopher and as a philosopher pretending to be a lawyer. Both statements may be true. One undisputed fact: He is the author of Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths, and Dogmas (2008).

Recent Entries

• Religious Dogma and the Health Care Debate

  March 18, 2010

• That Swedish Cartoon of Mohammed Was Offensive ...

  March 11, 2010

• No National Day of Prayer? An Impartial Texas School Board? Yes, It Is Possible

  March 4, 2010

• What Constitutes A Church?

  February 25, 2010

• Was That Fishers of Men or Fighters of Men?

  February 25, 2010

Joe Nickell, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and "Investigative Files" Columnist for Skeptical Inquirer. A former stage magician, private investigator, and teacher, he is author of numerous books, including Inquest on the Shroud of Turin (1998), Pen, Ink and Evidence (2003), Unsolved History (2005) and Adventures in Paranormal Investigation (2007). He has appeared in many television documentaries and has been profiled in The New Yorker and on NBC's Today Show. His personal website is at joenickell.com.Joe Nickell, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and "Investigative Files" Columnist for Skeptical Inquirer. A former stage magician, private investigator, and teacher, he is author of numerous books, including Inquest on the Shroud of Turin (1998), Pen, Ink and Evidence (2003), Unsolved History (2005) and Adventures in Paranormal Investigation (2007). He has appeared in many television documentaries and has been profiled in The New Yorker and on NBC's Today Show. His personal website is at joenickell.com.

Recent Entries

• Challenging Devil’s Hole

  March 5, 2010

• Fortean Snow

  March 1, 2010

• Skepticalisms

  February 17, 2010

• Those Haunted Aykroyds

  February 12, 2010

• The Masked Librarian

  February 4, 2010

Benjamin Radford is a scientific paranormal investigator, Managing Editor for Skeptical Inquirer magazine, and author or co-author of three books and hundreds of articles on skepticism, critical thinking, and paranormal investigation. He also wrote and directed two short films, and takes on extra projects in an apparent effort to deplete any free time.Benjamin Radford is a scientific paranormal investigator, Managing Editor for Skeptical Inquirer magazine, and author or co-author of three books and hundreds of articles on skepticism, critical thinking, and paranormal investigation. He also wrote and directed two short films, and takes on extra projects in an apparent effort to deplete any free time.

Recent Entries

• Blog on psychic detectives riles the believers—especially those who don’t read carefully

  March 17, 2010

• Psychics: Be a Hero, Save Lives, and Earn $2 Million!

  March 8, 2010

• Ghost Hunters International Team Finds Evidence of Fictional Character’s Ghost!

  February 24, 2010

• Another Real-World Example of Eyewitness Unreliability

  February 19, 2010

• Texas Police Blotter: Drunk Man “Running from Chupacabra”

  February 15, 2010

John Shook is Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry Transnational in Amherst, N.Y., and Research Associate in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, since 2006. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books, is a co-editor of three philosophy journals, and travels for lectures and debates across the United States and around the world.John Shook is Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry Transnational in Amherst, N.Y., and Research Associate in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, since 2006. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books, is a co-editor of three philosophy journals, and travels for lectures and debates across the United States and around the world.

Recent Entries

• Is Atheism the Party of No?

  March 20, 2010

• Religious Rights don’t extend to Murder

  March 15, 2010

• Where can Science and Religion conflict?

  March 9, 2010

• Why is there a Universe, and how did it come from Nothing?

  March 5, 2010

• Will young adults gravitate more towards Humanism?

  March 2, 2010

James Underdown has been Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles since 1999. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Independent Investigations Group, a team of inquirers who look into paranormal, pseudo-scientific, and extraordinary claims. He is also the creator of the Steve Allen Theater at CFI-L.A. Jim has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including Hannity and Colmes, Penn and Teller's Bullshit, History's Mysteries, Proof Positive, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is a regular Skeptical Sunday guest on the SETI Institute's Are We Alone? radio …James Underdown has been Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles since 1999. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Independent Investigations Group, a team of inquirers who look into paranormal, pseudo-scientific, and extraordinary claims. He is also the creator of the Steve Allen Theater at CFI-L.A. Jim has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including Hannity and Colmes, Penn and Teller's Bullshit, History's Mysteries, Proof Positive, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is a regular Skeptical Sunday guest on the SETI Institute's Are We Alone? radio show/podcast. His many pre-CFI endeavors include writing and directing short films (A Day in the Life of Frank Sinatra, The Test, Dear Father), and directing his stage play, Party of 13, a secular re-telling of the Last Supper. Jim also toured midwest comedy clubs as the Poet Laureate of Calumet City, IL.

Recent Entries

• Matthew 7:1

  January 26, 2010

• Pat Robertson Is a Nut

  January 15, 2010

• The Relocation of Awe

  January 12, 2010

• To Beanie, Or Not To Beanie?

  December 14, 2009

• The (Even) Newer Atheist Approach: A Letter to Kirk Cameron from an Atheist and a Skeptic

  October 29, 2009

I'm the Executive Director of the Centre for Inquiry Canada and co-host the student oriented Course of Reason podcast. As an outspoken advocate of freedom of expression and inquiry, science education, church-state separation, and equality rights for non-believers, I have the pleasure of representing freethinkers regularly on the Michael Coren Show on CTS TV as well as in the National Post's Holy Post. I also contribute to Free Inquiry and Skeptical Inquirer magazines.I'm the Executive Director of the Centre for Inquiry Canada and co-host the student oriented Course of Reason podcast. As an outspoken advocate of freedom of expression and inquiry, science education, church-state separation, and equality rights for non-believers, I have the pleasure of representing freethinkers regularly on the Michael Coren Show on CTS TV as well as in the National Post's Holy Post. I also contribute to Free Inquiry and Skeptical Inquirer magazines.

Recent Entries

• Winnipeg & Federal Government to Fund $5.5 million into Youth for Christ Centre

  March 15, 2010

• CFI’s Day in Church - Audio Recording

  February 25, 2010

• CFI Gets the “Calling” to go to Church! (by Kevin Smith, CFI Canada board member)

  February 23, 2010

• A belief in science: Dalhousie Atheist Community receives warm coverage, interesting comments follow

  February 16, 2010

• Students raise challenging questions during my high school world religions presentation

  January 23, 2010

Ibn Warraq, Islamic scholar and a leading figure in Qur’anic criticism, is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry | Transnational. He is the author of five books, including What the Qur’an Really Says (Prometheus Books, 2002). His forthcoming book is titled Which Koran?Ibn Warraq, Islamic scholar and a leading figure in Qur’anic criticism, is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry | Transnational. He is the author of five books, including What the Qur’an Really Says (Prometheus Books, 2002). His forthcoming book is titled Which Koran?

Recent Entries

• Son of Hamas Leader Spied for Israel.

  March 2, 2010

• Shakespeare and Co

  February 23, 2010

• Follow Up on 11 February. What actually happened.

  February 16, 2010

• Bloody Thursday? Tehran 11 February.

  February 9, 2010

• “Hijab is not a ticket to heaven”

  February 2, 2010

Reba Boyd Wooden is Executive Director of Center for Inquiry Indiana. She started Humanist Friendship Group of Central Indiana in 1999 which became Center for Inquiry Community of Indiana in 2005. On April 1, 2007, Center for Inquiry Indiana opened on the Indianapolis downtown canal walk at 350 Canal Walk, Suite A. Reba has a BA from University of Indianapolis with a major in Social Studies Education and a minor in Business Education, an MS from Butler University in History/Education, and an MS in Counseling and Counselor Education from Indiana University. …Reba Boyd Wooden is Executive Director of Center for Inquiry Indiana. She started Humanist Friendship Group of Central Indiana in 1999 which became Center for Inquiry Community of Indiana in 2005. On April 1, 2007, Center for Inquiry Indiana opened on the Indianapolis downtown canal walk at 350 Canal Walk, Suite A. Reba has a BA from University of Indianapolis with a major in Social Studies Education and a minor in Business Education, an MS from Butler University in History/Education, and an MS in Counseling and Counselor Education from Indiana University. She retired after 37 years in public education in 2005. She spent her last 13 years as a high school guidance counselor and the previous years in the classroom. She has two children and five grandchildren. She has officially hiked 7,000+ miles with Indianapolis Hiking Club.

Recent Entries

• CFI Indiana Darwin Day for Kids

  March 17, 2010

• Majority Vote vs Church/State Separation

  March 11, 2010

• Confusing Serendipity and God

  March 10, 2010

• Our Country’s Future Depends on Educated Citizens

  March 3, 2010

• Assault on Public Education

  February 17, 2010

With joint Masters degrees in social work and business administration, Sherry Rook found a niche coordinating fundraising and development of financial resources for nonprofits. She joined the Center for Inquiry in the development office in 2004 and since 2006 has been the Vice President of Development. Among her duties is coordinating CFI’s SHARE program. From CFI’s Amherst headquarters and her travels across the country, Sherry works to encourage donors to provide the support that makes CFI’s work possible.With joint Masters degrees in social work and business administration, Sherry Rook found a niche coordinating fundraising and development of financial resources for nonprofits. She joined the Center for Inquiry in the development office in 2004 and since 2006 has been the Vice President of Development. Among her duties is coordinating CFI’s SHARE program. From CFI’s Amherst headquarters and her travels across the country, Sherry works to encourage donors to provide the support that makes CFI’s work possible.

Norm R. Allen Jr. is the executive director of African Americans for Humanism and the Director of the Center for Inquiry/Transnational Programs. He has traveled to several countries in Africa to promote secular humanism and skepticism on behalf of the Center for Inquiry. He edits the AAH Examiner, the transnational newsletter of African Americans for Humanism. He has edited two books, African-American Humanism: An Anthology (1991) and The Black Humanist Experience (2003), both published by Prometheus Books. Norm R. Allen Jr. is the executive director of African Americans for Humanism and the Director of the Center for Inquiry/Transnational Programs. He has traveled to several countries in Africa to promote secular humanism and skepticism on behalf of the Center for Inquiry. He edits the AAH Examiner, the transnational newsletter of African Americans for Humanism. He has edited two books, African-American Humanism: An Anthology (1991) and The Black Humanist Experience (2003), both published by Prometheus Books.

Nathan Bupp is vice president of communications for the Center for Inquiry and an associate editor of Free Inquiry magazine. He has studied intellectual history and naturalistic and humanist philosophy extensively. He considers humanism and skepticism the preeminent moral paradigm for the modern world. Among his philosophical heroes are Aristotle, Spinoza, John Dewey, and George Santayana, the leading luminaries of the naturalist worldview. Nathan spends his free time indulging his passion for music and nature.Nathan Bupp is vice president of communications for the Center for Inquiry and an associate editor of Free Inquiry magazine. He has studied intellectual history and naturalistic and humanist philosophy extensively. He considers humanism and skepticism the preeminent moral paradigm for the modern world. Among his philosophical heroes are Aristotle, Spinoza, John Dewey, and George Santayana, the leading luminaries of the naturalist worldview. Nathan spends his free time indulging his passion for music and nature.

Tom Flynn is executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism and editor of its flagship magazine, Free Inquiry. He was a founding coeditor of the newsletter Secular Humanist Bulletin and a founder of the First Amendment Task Force, now a project of the Center for Inquiry. He designed and directs the Council's museum at the Dresden, N.Y., birthplace of 19th century agnostic orator Robert Green Ingersoll. He is also vice president for media at the Center for Inquiry and director of its audio-visual production arm, Inquiry Media Productions. He has …Tom Flynn is executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism and editor of its flagship magazine, Free Inquiry. He was a founding coeditor of the newsletter Secular Humanist Bulletin and a founder of the First Amendment Task Force, now a project of the Center for Inquiry. He designed and directs the Council's museum at the Dresden, N.Y., birthplace of 19th century agnostic orator Robert Green Ingersoll. He is also vice president for media at the Center for Inquiry and director of its audio-visual production arm, Inquiry Media Productions. He has written or edited four books; most recently he edited The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief (Prometheus, 2007) with a foreword by Richard Dawkins.

Kendrick Frazier is editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is editor of several anthologies, including Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience.Kendrick Frazier is editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is editor of several anthologies, including Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience.

Debbie Goddard is a campus organizer at the Center for Inquiry. Before working for CFI, she participated in local freethought groups in the greater Philadelphia region and helped organize and support campus groups internationally as a volunteer. She has also been involved with progressive issues and activism.Debbie Goddard is a campus organizer at the Center for Inquiry. Before working for CFI, she participated in local freethought groups in the greater Philadelphia region and helped organize and support campus groups internationally as a volunteer. She has also been involved with progressive issues and activism.

Henry Huber graduated cum laude from the State University of New York College at Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and joined the Center for Inquiry as assistant communications director in 2006 after working as editor for two Western New York newspapers. Aside from daily Communications duties, he is a regular contributor to the Skeptical Briefs newsletter, editor of the new Committee for Skeptical Inquirer e-newsletter, and contributes when he can to the Free Thinking blog and Skeptical Inquirer magazine. He formerly handled the national distribution for the Humanist Perspective …Henry Huber graduated cum laude from the State University of New York College at Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and joined the Center for Inquiry as assistant communications director in 2006 after working as editor for two Western New York newspapers. Aside from daily Communications duties, he is a regular contributor to the Skeptical Briefs newsletter, editor of the new Committee for Skeptical Inquirer e-newsletter, and contributes when he can to the Free Thinking blog and Skeptical Inquirer magazine. He formerly handled the national distribution for the Humanist Perspective television program and was liaison for sponsors in 32 markets nationwide until the program made the jump to Internet-only access. The birth of his son in March 2008 restored the balance of gender in the Huber household, where he had previously been outnumbered two to one by his wife and three-year-old daughter (if you don't count Lucy the Labradingo and May the Rosehair tarantula).

Professor Paul Kurtz is chair emeritus and founder of the Center for Inquiry-Transnational, Editor-in-Chief of Free Inquiry magazine, and professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. For 40 years, Kurtz has remained the leading intellectual and organizational figure in the humanist and skeptical movement. Kurtz has spent much of his life on the critical examination of religion, but believes that naturalists need to emphasize and build positive alternatives to religion. For Kurtz, it is not enough to reject God, but to affirm the positive implications …Professor Paul Kurtz is chair emeritus and founder of the Center for Inquiry-Transnational, Editor-in-Chief of Free Inquiry magazine, and professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. For 40 years, Kurtz has remained the leading intellectual and organizational figure in the humanist and skeptical movement. Kurtz has spent much of his life on the critical examination of religion, but believes that naturalists need to emphasize and build positive alternatives to religion. For Kurtz, it is not enough to reject God, but to affirm the positive implications of humanism and naturalism for the good life and the just society. His new book, Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism is published by Prometheus Books.

I'm old enough to know better, but impulsive enough to get around my executive faculties. Most everything I do is, shall we say...nuanced. And I have spent most of my waking hours in a frantic attempt to escape boredom. In that pursuit I feed my appetite for intellectual stimulation as the Executive Director of Center for Inquiry | Michigan and as the VP of a marketing and design firm. Drop me a line at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)I'm old enough to know better, but impulsive enough to get around my executive faculties. Most everything I do is, shall we say...nuanced. And I have spent most of my waking hours in a frantic attempt to escape boredom. In that pursuit I feed my appetite for intellectual stimulation as the Executive Director of Center for Inquiry | Michigan and as the VP of a marketing and design firm. Drop me a line at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

C. Alan Zoppa develops and maintains websites for the Center for Inquiry and administers its Unix-like servers.C. Alan Zoppa develops and maintains websites for the Center for Inquiry and administers its Unix-like servers.