Dr. Bom’s books – Academocracy (1975), Trudeau’s Canada (1977), and The Coming Century of Commonism: The Beauty and the Beast of Global Governance (1992) – reflect his special interests in political economy and international affairs, and point to his lecture and public speaking interests on:

• Globalization and Governance: The United Nations and Global issues,
• International Human Rights: Ideology and Agendas,
• Political and Economic Hemispheric Integration of the Americas, and
• Democracy, Christianity, and the Rule of Law.

Dr. Bom has served as an advisor to members of the Canadian Parliament in addition to holding faculty positions as the University of Dubuque, Gordon College, and St. Stephen’s University. He holds the PhD from the Free University of Amsterdam and the AB from Calvin College.

The Seven Laws of Presidential Leadership (2005 forthcoming), The Conservative Tradition in America (2003), Faith, Freedom, and the Future: Religion in American Political Culture (2003), and The Scarlet Thread of Scandal: Morality and the American Presidency (2000) are some of Dr. Dunn’s books. He has held teaching and/or administrative positions at Florida State University, the University of Illinois, Clemson University, and Grove City College. His lecture topics include:

• The Seven Laws of Presidential Leadership,
• The Future of American Conservatism, and
• The Future of Religion in American Political Culture.

As an analyst of American politics, Dr. Dunn has appeared on such programs as NBC’s Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, and The O’Reilly Factor in addition to being quoted in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, and the International Herald Tribune. Appointed by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Dr. Dunn served four terms as Chairman. He has lectured throughout the world.

As a member of the Virginia Beach City Council, Dr. Dyer offers significant practical political experience along with his professional training, including the BA from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Physical Therapy, the MA from St. Louis University in Public Administration, and the PhD from Regent University in Leadership Studies. Among the subjects Dr. Dyer likes to address are:

• Health Care Delivery and Policy: Problems and Prospects,
• Making Local Government Responsive, and
• Developing Effective Organizational Leadership.

In the field of physical therapy, Dr. Dyer has served as the Chief Physical Therapist for the Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, and Rehabilitation Coordinator for Department of Physical Therapy at the Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. Dr. Dyer is also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Extensive experience for more than two decades as a teacher and an administrator in settings from pre-kindergarten through graduate school provides Dr. Hedberg with an invaluable background to address a variety of critical problems and issues. Additionally her courses on (1) Political Leadership, (2) Leadership Culture, (3) Faith and Duty, and (4) The U.S. Experiment: From Founding Principles to Future Policies reveal the focus of her research interests. Among those who have significantly influenced her thinking on these subjects are C. S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, and Charles Colson. Her Speakers Bureau topics are:

• The Bible as Keel and Rudder for Individual Faith and Duty,
• A Biblical Viewing of the World, and
• Education Divinely Designed.

Dr. Hedberg holds the Ph.D. and M.A. in Urban Studies from Old Dominion University, an M.A. in Public Policy from Regent University, and a B.A. in Music from Florida Southern College.

Dr. Kickasola, who served as an Egyptological and Biblical consultant for Jeffrey Katzenberg's The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks, 1996-1998), teaches courses on International Relations, Islamic Politics, Middle East Politics, Quranic Law, and Biblical Law. His academic credentials include the PhD in Egyptian hieroglyphics & Coptic from Brandeis University and the MA in Divinity from Westminster Seminary. Among his special speaking interests are the following:

• What Political Reforms Are Possible in the Islamic Middle East?
• What is the Best Way to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? and
• What is the Biblical Basis of Civil Government?

Dr. Kickasola is the only professor at Regent University to hold joint appointments in three schools, which he holds in the Schools of Government, Law and Divinity. He is now completing a book titled Islamic Political Theology.

Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century (Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, 1998), co-authored by Dr. Olivia Hidalgo-Hardeman McDonald, typifies one of her many scholarly interests, which also include a special interest in competing worldviews and translating the biblical worldview into public policy. Dr. McDonald’s special interests in lecturing and public speaking include:

• Acknowledging God in Decisions of State,
• Cognitive Excercises for the Renewed Mind, and
• Restorers of the Breach: Home Schooling Cooperatives as Viable Alternatives to
. Metropolitan Public Schools.

During her PhD work at Purdue University, she specialized in public policy, comparative politics, comparative public administration, and quantitative analysis, while her MPA and BA work at Indiana University focused on public affairs, political science, and philosophy. Before coming to Regent University, Dr. McDonald served as Clinical Professor of Applied Public Policy at the University of Pittsburgh. She now serves as Director of the Center for Applied Domestic and International Policy Studies at Regent University.

Dr. Morrison’s books titled The Founders on God and Government (Rowan & Littlefield, 2004), and John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005), and his manuscript for the Johns Hopkins University Press on the political philosophy of George Washington undergird undergird his Speakers Bureau topics on:

• Church and State in American Political Thought,
• John Witherspoon and the American Founding, and
• George Washington as Constitutionalist.

Besides his position at Regent University, Dr. Morrison has also taught at Princeton University, the federal government's James Madison Foundation, Georgetown University, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He earned the MA in philosophy from Boston College, and the MA and PhD in government from Georgetown University.

While serving on the White House military staff under Presidents George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton, Dr. Neimeyer worked on Contingency Program Planning. Additionally he has held academic positions at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval War College, and Valley Forge Military Academy & College, where he has written extensively on such national security topics as Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq. As an authority on national security affairs, he has lectured at such places as the George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany. Among the subjects he enjoys addressing are:

• National Security Decision Making,
• International Politics and U.S. History, and
• International Terrorism and Homeland Defense.

Professionally trained as a historian at Georgetown University, where he earned the MA and PhD, Dr. Neimeyer has also authored America Goes To War: A Social History of the Continental Army (New York University Press, 1996). His BA is from the University of Maryland.

Gary E. Roberts, PhD

As an expert in the fields of human resource management, organizational theory, organizational behavior, public budgeting, and principles of public administration, Dr. Roberts has research projects underway on (1) the influence of religion and spirituality on occupational stress, (2) the impact of the religious-friendly workplace, and (3) organizational policies to promote employee work-life balance and mental health policy. Before coming to Regent University, Dr. Roberts held tenured positions at Fairleigh Dickinson University and the University of Memphis. His graduate training was at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Roberts’ Speakers Bureau topics are:

• The Religion-Friendly Workplace: Prospects and Problems,
• The Influence of Religious Commitment on Workplace Performance, and
• Workplace Spiritual Intelligence: Growth by Modeling Biblical Principles.

In addition to authoring 34 journal articles and book chapters on various human resource and public management issues, Dr. Roberts has served (1) as the Book Review Editor for the Review of Public Personnel Administration, (2) on the editorial review boards of flagship public human resource journals, and (3) as an active journal manuscript reviewer.

As a United Nations’ economist for 30 years, Dr. Walker’s many endeavors included: (1) preparing research for the World Economic Survey and the World Social Situation, (2) developing both short-term and long-term forecasts of world economic activity and international trade for the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council, (3) serving as the senior economist with the Economic Outlook and Assessment Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and (4) consulting with governments on the design and development of econometric forecasting models. Among the topics Dr. Walker likes to address are:

• The Current Outlook for the World Economy,
• The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century, and
• The World Economy: Past Performance and Future Prospects.

Besides serving as a Senior Economist at the United Nations Secretariat in New York, Dr. Walker’s credentials include the PhD in economics from the University of Southern California, teaching positions at several universities, and authorship of a variety of articles in academic journals.