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Msgr. Hull is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York.  Currently serving as the rector of the St. John Neumann residence, he is also Professor of Sacred Scripture at Saint Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, and senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

He is the author of Baptism on the Account of the Dead (1 Cor 15:29): An Act of Faith in the Resurrection (from Brill Academic Publishers, 2005).  His articles have been published in The Dunwoodie Review, Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Ecumenical Trends, and The Priest.

He received his doctoral degree in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome), and is also a frequent contributor to the teleconferences sponsored by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy.

Michael W. (Mickey) Collins, Ph.D. is a nationally renowned sports concussion clinician and researcher who joined the Sports Medicine Concussion Program as assistant director when the program was established at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center      in September, 2000.  In 1999, he authored two major multi-site studies involving the effects of concussion and return-to-play evaluation methods, which were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Dr. Collins is also a co-founder of ImPACT, a computerized neurocognitive testing system that evaluates the severity of concussion in athletes and provides a more accurate determination of when an athlete can safely return to sports following a concussion. He is a clinical consultant to the Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL Europa, Major League Baseball, USA Lacrosse, USA Rugby, and to several high school, collegiate, and professional sports organizations both nationally and internationally.

Joining the panel discussion will be Twany Duliba, a Physician Assistant major who came to DeSales University after having her career in the Women's Premier Soccer League cut short due to concussive injuries, and Dr. Kevin Waninger, chief of sports medicine in the department of family medicine at St. Luke's Hospital.

John Edward Jones, III  was appointed by President George W. Bush as federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30, 2002. 

He is best known for presiding over the landmark trial of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, in which he rule the teaching of "intelligent design" in public schools to be unconstitutional.  For his role in his case, he was named to Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the Year (2006).  Recently, the case was featured in a PBS documentary entitle Judgment Day:  Intelligent Design on Trial.

Judge Jones earned his law degree from Dickinson School of Law in 1980.  He has served in private practice, including his own firm, and as solicitor for several municipalities.  He also chaired the Pennsylvania Liquor Control board from 1992 to 2002.

Harry Kalas is the legendary broadcaster of the Philadelphia Phillies and the winner of the 2002 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame for "major contributions to baseball."

An original member of the Houston Astros broadcast team from 1965 until 1970, he moved to the Phillies broadcast booth in 1971, where he shared the microphone with Hall of Fame outfielder Richie Ashburn for 26 seasons. Revered for his uncanny ability to connect with his listeners, whether on radio or television, Kalas has called more than 5,000 Phillies games. His passion for the game is unsurpassed, and his powerful, soothing voice is a summertime tradition throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey.

A member of Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, Kalas has been honored as Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Year 17 times. He has also broadcast Big Five basketball and Notre Dame football.  He is also the voice of the syndicated program "Inside the NFL." 

Fr. Jim Schall, a Jesuit on the faculty of Government at Georgetown University, is a prolific author.  His interests include the natural law and the nature of political philosophy. 

Among his recent book publications are The Order of Things (2007), The Regensburg Lecture (2006), The Life of the Mind: On the Joys and Travails of Thinking (2006), The Sum Total of Human Happiness (2005), and Roman Catholic Political Philosophy (2004). 

Fr. Schall has written hundreds of essays on political, theological, literary, and philosophical issues in such journals as The Review of Politics, Social Survey (Melbourne), Studies (Dublin), The Thomist, Divus Thomas (Piacenza), Divinitas (Rome), The Commonweal, Thought, Modern Age, Faith and Reason, The Way (London), The New Oxford Review, University Bookman, Worldview, and many others. He contributes regularly to Crisis magazine, Homiletic & Pastoral Review and Ignatius Insight.com

Fr. Schall  received a PhD in Political Theory from Georgetown University in 1960, and an MST from University of Santa Clara four years later. Fr. Schall was a member of the Faculty of Institute of Social Sciences, Gregorian University, Rome, from 1964-77, and a member of the Government Department, University of San Francisco, from 1968-77. He has been a member of the Government Department at Georgetown University since 1977.