Jeffrey Mahan holds the Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication and is Professor of Ministry, Media and Culture at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. His work has focused on religious and theological studies engagements with popular culture and religion in media cultures. He is the author or editor of Religion and Popular Culture in America, Shared Wisdom, A Long Way from Solving that One, and American Television Genres as well as numerous essays. Dr. Mahan was founding co-chair of the Religion and Popular Culture Group of the American Academy of Religion. Currently he serves on the National Steering Committee of the Center for Media, Religion and Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture.