The New President and the Politics of Faith

Melissa Rogers is founder and director of Wake Forest University's Center for Religion and Public Affairs and former executive director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, D.C. Rogers has appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNN and NPR, and her op-ed pieces have been published by ABC News and The Washington Post. She has worked as general counsel of the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty based in Washington, D.C. Rogers has been recognized by National Journal as one of the church-state experts "politicians will call on when they get serious about addressing an important public policy issue."