Cornwall Alliance Key Staff
E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D. Founder and National Spokesman
Dr. Beisner is Founder and National Spokesman of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, a network of over 60 Christian theologians, natural scientists, economists, and other scholars educating for Biblical earth stewardship, economic development for the poor, and the proclamation and defense of the good news of salvation by God’s grace, received through faith in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.
Dr. Beisner was associate professor of historical theology and social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary from 2000 to 2008 and of interdisciplinary studies (focusing on the application of Biblical worldview, theology, and ethics to economics, government, and public policy) at Covenant College from 1992 to 2000. He earned his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion and Philosophy at the University of Southern California, where he studied under well-known Christian philosopher Dr. Dallas Willard; his M.A. in Economic Ethics from International College, earned under legendary conservative political philosopher and man of letters Dr. Russell Kirk; and his Ph.D. in Scottish History/History of Political Thought at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, writing a dissertation on the life and thought of Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, whose writings on religious and civil liberty against royal absolutism influenced America’s Founding Fathers. In the 1980s he was among the founders of The Coalition on Revival and served on its Executive Committee, Steering Committee, Theological Review Committee, and Central Editing Committee, in the production of numerous papers on the Biblical worldview and its application to many spheres of human life. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, planting a new congregation for the latter and serving on its pastoral staff for three years. He and his wife Debby, an accomplished portrait painter, have seven children and nine grandchildren.
His early childhood in Calcutta, India, where he observed both the beauties of God’s creation and the tragedies of poverty, informed his later concerns for caring for both the natural world and the poor. His theological and philosophical studies in the 1970s led eventually to his studying political and economic philosophy in the 1980s, resulting first in his book Prosperity and Poverty: The Compassionate Use of Resources in a World of Scarcity, published in 1988, an introduction to economics informed by Biblical theology and ethics, and then his book Prospects for Growth: A Biblical View of Population, Resources, and the Future, published in 1990, which applied the lessons of the prior book to questions about alleged overpopulation, resource depletion, and environmental degradation and conservation. In 1997 he published Where Garden Meets Wilderness: Evangelical Entry into the Environmental Debate, a history and constructive critique of the evangelical environmental movement.
In 1999, after a colloquium with about 35 other scholars with shared interest in these subjects, he composed The Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship, which was quickly endorsed by over 1,500 religious leaders from around the world and became the basis on which he founded The Cornwall Alliance in 2005.
He has written over a dozen books, edited over 30, contributed to over 35, and published thousands of articles, popular and scholarly; has lectured at universities, seminaries, conferences, and churches in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia; testified as an expert witness on the ethics and economics of climate change and climate and energy policy before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives; briefed the White House Council on Environmental Policy; and presented a paper to a scholarly colloquium on climate change of the Pontifical Institute for Justice and Peace at the Vatican in Rome. In 2014 the Heritage Foundation honored Dr. Beisner with the Outstanding Spokesman for Faith, Science, and Stewardship Award at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change.
Education:
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Religion and Philosophy and double minors in Classical Languages and Classical History, University of Southern California (1978)
M.A. in Society with Specialization in Economic Ethics, International College (1983)
Ph.D. in Scottish History (History of Political Thought), University of St. Andrews, Scotland (2003)
Megan Kinard Director of Communications
Megan has a passion for people and loves to spend time making new friends. She loves the opportunity the internet has created for individuals to have a voice, and is an enthusiastic promoter of social networking as a platform for education and the free exchange of ideas. Megan has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Spanish, and loves all policy analysis domestic and foreign.
If you would like to connect with Megan, you can email her at Megan@CornwallAlliance.org, or connect with her on a variety of social platforms including LinkedIn, and Twitter (@megantoombs). She will also receive your message if you tweet @CornwallSteward or message on Facebook.com/CornwallAlliance.
Vijay Jayaraj Contributor for Developing Countries
Not on staff but a consultant who often writes for us, Vijay Jayaraj earned his Masters of Science in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia in 2010, where he worked with professors who were part of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU). He began his career working for AECOM UK as a Field Ecologist. In 2011, he moved to the forests of India to help a local NGO with Tiger conservation and human-wildlife conflict. From 2012 to 2015, he was a research assistant with the Changing Ocean Research Centre at the University of British Columbia, one of the leading research units for studies on the impact of climate change on marine life, the output of which is used for determining the harmful impacts of climate change in the United Nations Assessment Reports. Vijay has spent time working in the field of environmental consultancy and has used his environmental expertise in the implementation of large-scale developmental projects of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in India. He also served as the Assistant Director of the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he helped the industry get accustomed to the new practices in life cycle assessment and pollution-free technology. You can follow him on Twitter @vjxxvj.
Cornwall Alliance Advisory Board
- Dr. Ted Baehr, President, Christian Film and Television Commission
- Joel Belz, (Ret.), Founder and Publisher, World MagazIne
- H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. (Applied Philosophy), Research Fellow, Managing Editor, ECN, Heartland Institute, Rowlett, TX
- Kenneth Chilton, Ph.D., Founder and Senior Environmental Fellow, Center for Economics and the Environment, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
- Barrett Duke, Ph.D., Executive Director, Montana Southern Baptist Association; former Vice President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Director of the ERLC Research Institute, Southern Baptist Convention
- Dr. Charles Dunahoo, former Coordinator of Christian Education & Publication, Presbyterian Church in America
- Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III, Chancellor, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS, and President, Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
- Alan W. Gomes, Ph.D., Professor of Systematic Theology, Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, CA
- Rev. George Grant, Ph.D., Teaching Pastor, Christ Community Church (PCA), Principal, Kings Meadow Study Center, Nashville, TN
- Wayne Grudem, Ph.D.,^ Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary, Phoenix, AZ
- Steven Hayward, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Thomas Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio; Secretary of Energy & Interior under President Ronald Reagan; author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators
- Daniel R. Heimbach, Ph.D., Senior Professor of Christian Ethics, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC; Research Institute Fellow, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention
- Peter Jones, Ph.D., President and Executive Director, truthXchange; Emeritus Professor of New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, Escondido, CA
- John Khushal, Associate Director, CRU, North India; church planter in north India, Spanish River Presbyterian Church, Boca Raton, FL
- Dr. George Khushf, Director and Professor, Center for Bioethics, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
- Rev. Dr. Paul D. Kooistra, President (ret.), Erskine College and Seminary, Due West, SC
- Rev. Henry Krabbendam, Ph.D., President, Africa Christian Training Institute, Professor of Biblical Studies (ret.), Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
- David Legates,* Ph.D., Professor of Geography and Climatology, former Director of the Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Kevin Alan Lewis, J.D., M.Div., Th.M., Associate Professor of Theology and Law, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
- Mark London, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Campus, Th.M student, Whitefield Theological Seminary, Lakeland, FL; President, Tekoa Analytics LLC, Bellefonte, PA USA.
- Tracy Miller, Ph.D., Senior Policy Research Editor, Mercatus Center, Falls Church, VA
- Rev. Jerry O’Neill, Ph.D., President, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary
- Rev. Joey Pipa, Ph.D., President, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
- Daryl Sas, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Chairman of the Department of Biology, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
- Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, Chairman, Traditional Values Coalition, Anaheim, CA
- Frank J. Smith, Ph.D., D.D., President, Tyndale International University, Los Angeles, CA; Part-Time Instructor, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA; Minister, Atlanta Presbyterian Fellowship (RPCNA), Atlanta, GA
- Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, and U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite
- Timothy Terrell, Ph.D., T.B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
- Rusty Towell, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering and Physics, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
- James A. Wanliss, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
- Rev. Ralph Weitz, Stewardship Pastor, Immanuel Bible Church, Springfield, VA
- Harry V. Wiant, Jr., Ph.D., Ibberson Chair in Forest Resources, Penn State University
- David A. Williams, Policy Analyst, Economics, Taxes, and Labor, The Heritage Foundation, 1977-1978; Legislative Liaison and Speech Writer, Reagan Administration (1981, 1984-1988); Member, Board of Directors, Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (CCCC), 1994-1997; Speechwriter, news commentator, policy analyst, 1988-present
Cornwall Alliance Scholars
(*indicates also serves as a Contributing Writer; ^indicates also serves on the Advisory Board.)
Senior Fellows
- Kenneth Chilton,*^ Ph.D., Senior Environmental Fellow, Institute for the Study of Economics & the Environment, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
- Wayne Grudem, Ph.D.,^ Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary, Phoenix, AZ
- Daniel R. Heimbach,^ Ph.D., Senior Professor of Christian Ethics, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Research Institute Fellow, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention
- Peter Jones,*^ Ph.D., Executive Director, truthXchange, and Emeritus Professor of New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, Escondido, CA
- David Legates,* Ph.D., Professor of Geography and Climatology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Vishal Mangalwadi, Ph.D., Theologian and Author, Founder, Revelation Movement, Pasadena, CA
- Tracy Miller,*^ Ph.D., Senior Policy Research Editor, Mercatus Center, Falls Church, VA
- Craig Vincent Mitchell,* Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Politics, & Economics and Director of the Criswell Institute for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Criswell College, Dallas, TX
- Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D.,^ Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, and U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite
- Timothy Terrell,*^ Ph.D., T.B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
- G. Cornelis van Kooten,* Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Research Chair in Environmental Studies and Climate, University of Victoria, BC, Canada
- James A. Wanliss,*^ Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
Fellows
- Charles Clough,* Bel Air, MD; M.S., Atmospheric Physics; retired chief, U.S. Army Atmospheric Effects Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; retired Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force Reserve Weather Officer; President, Biblical Framework Ministries; adjunct professor, Chafer Theological Seminary, Albuquerque, NM
- Barrett Duke,*^ Ph.D., Executive Director, Montana Southern Baptist Association; former Vice President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Director of the ERLC Research Institute, Southern Baptist Convention
- Neil L. Frank,* Ph.D. (Meteorology), the longest-serving Director of the National Hurricane Center (1974–1987) and retired Chief Meteorologist of KHOU-TV, Houston (1987–2008), Fulshear, TX
- Ben Phillips,* Ph.D., Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Director of the Darrington Extension, Associate Dean, J. Dalton Harvard School for Theological Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX
- Shawn Ritenour,* Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Grove City College, Grove City, PA
Adjunct Scholars
- Mark Brandly, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
- Gordon Evans,* M.S., Environmental Manager, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
- Steven Hayward,*^ Ph.D., Thomas Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio; Secretary of Energy & Interior under President Ronald Reagan; author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators
- James K. (Keith) Henderson,* M.A., Christian Apologetics, B. S., Chemical Engineering, consultant for the oil & gas industry, South Louisiana
- Jamieson C. Keister,* Ph.D., (Ret.) Pharmaceutical Research Specialist, 3M Company, Lakeville, MN
- Kevin Alan Lewis, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Law, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
- Michael Salazar,* Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, Union University, Jackson, TN
- Chris Skates,* M.S., former Plant Chemistry Supervisor, Electric Energy Inc., Joppa, IL; author, Going Green: For Some It Has Nothing to Do with the Environment
Contributing Writers
- Mark Ahlseen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics, Briercrest College, Caronport, Saskatchewan, Canada
- William Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
- William D. Balgord, Ph.D. (Geochemistry), President, Environmental & Resources Technology, Inc., Middleton, WI
- Michael E. Bauman, Ph.D., Professor of Theology & Culture, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI
- Gary W. Beecham, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics at the University of Miami, and Director of the Division of Research Informatics in the Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics in the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. His research focuses on using statistical genetics and bioinformatics methods to understand how genetics influence human disease, with particular application to Alzheimer disease, related dementias, and neurodegeneration.
- Kenneth Chilton,^ Ph.D., Senior Environmental Fellow, Institute for the Study of Economics & the Environment, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
- Charles Clough, Bel Air, MD; M.S., Atmospheric Physics; retired chief, U.S. Army Atmospheric Effects Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; retired Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force Reserve Weather Officer; President, Biblical Framework Ministries; adjunct professor, Chafer Theological Seminary, Albuquerque, NM
- Michael Cochrane, Ph.D., Engineering Management and Systems Engineering; Defense and Technology Reporter, World News Group; Founder of Value Function Analytics, a consulting firm that helps clients achieve objectives by helping them to think about values; expert in statistical modeling and analysis.
- Mark Coppenger, Ph.D., Professor of Christian Apologetics, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
- Rev. Richard S. Courtney, Expert Reviewer, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and Methodist Preacher, Cornwall, UK
- Doug Daugherty, Project Manager, The Maclellan Foundation, Chattanooga, TN
- Barrett Duke,^ Ph.D., Executive Director, Montana Southern Baptist Association; former Vice President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Director of the ERLC Research Institute, Southern Baptist Convention
- Arthur Eberle, M.S., President, Compliance Assurance, Harvest, AL
- Gordon Evans, M.S., Environmental Manager, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
- Bill Flax, Underwriting Manager, PNC Bank, Cincinnati, OH; author, The Courage to Do Nothing: A Moral Defense of Markets and Freedom; columnist, Forbes
- Neil L. Frank, Ph.D. (Meteorology), the longest-serving Director of the National Hurricane Center (1974–1987) and retired Chief Meteorologist of KHOU-TV, Houston (1987–2008), Fulshear, TX
- Michael Hart, M.A., Ph.D. (abd) (Medieval and English History; Medieval and European History), Professor Emeritus and inaugural holder of the Simon Reisman chair in trade policy (2000–2015), Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada; author, Hubris: The Troubling Science, Economics, and Politics of Climate Change
- Steven Hayward,^ Ph.D., Thomas Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio; Secretary of Energy & Interior under President Ronald Reagan; author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators
- James K. (Keith) Henderson, M.A., Christian Apologetics, B. S., Chemical Engineering, consultant for the oil & gas industry, South Louisiana
- Peter Jones,^ Ph.D., Executive Director, truthXchange, and Emeritus Professor of New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, Escondido, CA
- Jamieson C. Keister, Ph.D., (Ret.) Pharmaceutical Research Specialist, 3M Company, Lakeville, MN
- Edward Krug, Ph.D. (Ret.), Soil and Water Scientist, Illinois State Water Survey and National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, Urbana, IL
- Mark Landsbaum, B.A. (Journalism), retired investigative reporter (Los Angeles Times) and editorial columnist (Orange County Register) covering, among other things, climate change since the 1990s; former Adjunct Professor of Journalism, Biola University; board member, Hope Women’s Center, McKinney, TX
- David Legates, Ph.D., Professor of Geography and Climatology, former Director, Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Terry Lovell, Ph.D., Professor of Business, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
- Anthony Lupo, Ph.D., Department Chair and Professor of Atmospheric Science, and Principal Investigator, Global Climate Change Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Ronald Marks, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, North Greenville University, Greenville, SC
- Tracy Miller,^ Ph.D., Senior Policy Research Editor, Mercatus Center, Falls Church, VA
- C. Ben Mitchell, Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy, Provost, and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Union University, Jackson, TN
- Craig Vincent Mitchell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Politics, & Economics and Director of the Criswell Institute for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Criswell College, Dallas, TX
- William A. Mundhausen, B.A., Chairman, Orion Center, Linn Creek, Missouri
- Rev. Mark Musser, M.D., Pastor, Grace Redeemer Bible Church, Olympia, WA; author, Nazi Oaks: The Green Sacrificing of the Judeo-Christian Worldview in the Holocaust
- Darren Brady Nelson, MCom., Chief Economist, LibertyWorks, Brisbane, Australia
- Todd Pedlar, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics, Luther College, Decorah, IA
- Ben Phillips, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Director of the Darrington Extension, Associate Dean, J. Dalton Harvard School for Theological Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX
- Shawn Ritenour, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Grove City College, Grove City, PA
- Gregory J. Rummo, B.S. (Chemistry), M.B.A. (Financial Management), M.S. (Organic Chemistry), former CEO and now Sales and Marketing Director of New Chemic (US), Inc., is a Visiting Instructor of chemistry at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL, and a veteran columnist.
- Anthony J. Sadar, M.S., Adjunct Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Statistics, Air Pollution, Meteorology, & Engineering, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
- Michael Salazar, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, Union University, Jackson, TN
- David Shormann, Ph.D., Marine Chemist and Limnologist, President, DIVE (Digital Interactive Video Education), Houston, TX
- Chris Skates, M.S., Plant Chemistry Supervisor, Electric Energy Inc., Joppa, IL
- John Sparks, Ph.D., Dean of Arts & Letters (ret.), Grove City College, Grove City, IL
- John Swayze, Ph.D. (ret.), Organic, Medicinal, and Agricultural Chemist, Carmel, IN
- Timothy Terrell,^ Ph.D., T.B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
- Ashley Thorne, Director of Communications, National Association of Scholars, Princeton, NJ
- G. Cornelis van Kooten, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Research Chair in Environmental Studies and Climate, University of Victoria, BC, Canada
- Stephen Vantassel, Ph.D., Wildlife Control Consultant, Project Coordinator, Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
- James A. Wanliss,^ Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
- Alan Wisdom, independent writer and consultant, former Vice President, Institute on Religion & Democracy