Brady Alan Beard (Contributing Fellow – Editorial) is Head of Research and Instruction at Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, where he supports student and faculty research through teaching, outreach, and strategic collaboration. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Emory University, an MLIS from the University of Alabama, and an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary. His work centers inclusive learning, information literacy, and critical engagement with the tools of research and writing. Brady leads workshops for seminary faculty and church leaders on the theological and ethical dimensions of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and theological education. In addition to his work on AI and theology, he has published on biblical interpretation through the lenses of material culture, plants, and animals. His writing appears in Theological Librarianship, the Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, and several edited volumes. He is also co-editor of Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways.
John Dyer (Contributing Fellow – Programs), PhD from Durham University, is VP for enrollment and educational technology and professor of theology and sociology at Dallas Theological Seminary. He has also been a technology creator for more than 20 years, building tools used by Facebook, Google, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, the Department of Defense, and the Digital Bible Society, and public web experiments such as Worship.ai, Best Commentaries, and Yall Version. John speaks and writes on technology, AI, and education for several publications including Gizmodo, Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, and in books such as From the Garden to the City, Ecclesiology for a Digital Church, and People of the Screen. You can find out more about him here.
