Rabbi Ralph Dalin
RABBI RALPH A. DALIN graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in history.  He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he also earned a master's degree and completed doctoral studies in the field of liturgy.

Rabbi Dalin is the Jewish Community Chaplain for San Diego County and Rabbinic Director of Ohr Ami - The Jewish Hospice Program. He is a member of the faculty of the Florence Melton Adult Jewish Mini-School and has served as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego.

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Dr. John Gillman
Vitas Innovative Hospice Care
John Gillman , Ph.D., is a supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education at VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, a nationally recognized hospice program.    He received his Ph.D. from the University of Louvain, Belgium, and is currently a lecturer in Religious Studies at San Diego State University .  In April he co-presented a seminar on “Spiritual and Cultural Sensitivity in End-of-Life Decision Making” at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's annual conference in Atlanta , GA.    He is the author of several publications including Luke:  Stories of Joy and Salvation (2002).

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Professor Khaleel Mohammed
Department of Religious Studies
San Diego State University
Khaleel Mohammed, PH. D, McGill University (2001). Asst. Professor of Religion. specializes in Islam, Islamic Law, Comparative Religion; he teaches courses in world religions, the Qu'ran, and Sex and Gender in Islam. He has been trained as a jurist in both the Sunni and Shia schools and his responsa material can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/forpeoplewhothink.

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Professor Lance Nelson
Department of Religious Studies
University of San Diego
Lance E. Nelson, who received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from McMaster University , is Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego , where he teaches courses on world and Asian religions. Dr. Nelson's research focuses on medieval Hindu theology. His writings on aspects of South Asian religious and philosophical thought have appeared in books and scholarly journals in the United States and India . Dr. Nelson is a past-president of the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.

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Dr. Gerard Reed
Professor of Philosophy and Religion
School of Theology and Christian Ministry
Point Loma Nazarene University Professor David has completed 40 years of college-level teaching in three institutions of the Church of the Nazarene.  His Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma was in history, with American Indian history as his main focus.  He also has a M.A. in religion.  He has taught a mixture of history (largely Church history here at PLNU) and philosophy (Introduction and Ethics) courses.  He has written three books--two on C.S. Lewis, the last titled C.S. Lewis Explores Vice and Virtue.

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Professor Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Department of Religious Studies
University of San Diego
Assistant Professor, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, USD. BA, Japanese, University of California at Berkeley; MA, Asian Studies, University of Hawai`I; MA, Religion (Asian) , University of Hawai`I; PhD, Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawai`i. Her doctoral research focused on death and identity in China and Tibet . Her primary academic interests include women in Buddhism, Buddhism and bioethics, religion and cultural change, and Buddhism in the United States . In addition to her academic work, she is actively involved in interfaith dialogue and in grassroots initiatives for the empowerment of women. She is president of Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women (www.sakyadhita.org) and director of Jamyang Foundation (www.jamyang.org), an initiative to provide educational opportunities for women in the Indian Himalayas.