Ryan Burge is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author of The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going as well as 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America. He has published over two dozen peer-reviewed articles in a variety of outlets in the social sciences. In addition, he has written editorials for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. His work has appeared in a variety of additional outlets including the Washington Post, NPR, NBC News, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, Vox, C-SPAN, Christianity Today, and Religion  News Service. He is the cofounder and frequent contributor to Religion in Public, a forum for scholars of religion and politics to make their work accessible to a more general audience.