Thomas’s research and teaching focus on world cultural processes and their constitutive effects on authority, agency, and identity. He studies how these processes affect religions and how religions engage them.

Laurence Winer's scholarship focuses on the First Amendment and government regulation of the media and includes published articles, amicus briefs and various government filings.

Paul Bender teaches courses on U.S. and Arizona constitutional law. He has written extensively about constitutional law, intellectual property and Indian law,

Retired soldier, lawyer