Michael O. Emerson

Michael O. Emerson is the author of over fifteen books and 100 other publications. Considered one of the nation's leading scholars of religion and race, he has won multiple research and teaching awards. His work has been funded by several million dollars in grants, and he has appeared on national and international media outlets for the past quarter of a century. As the Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, a leading nonpartisan thinktank, he works to communicate the implications of American religious life for national policies, and to help policymakers understand the impact of policy on US religions.