Emma Cieslik (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent religious scholar and museum worker based in Washington, D.C. She studies the intersections of gender, sexuality, and Catholic material cultures, and serves as director for Queer and Catholic: A CLGS Oral History Project.

Tom Volkert is a member of the Care for Creation Ministry at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Philadelphia. He is a retired hospice social worker who now provides spiritual direction and volunteers with Network. He is married to Eileen Flanagan, a climate activist/author, and has two children, Luke and Megan.

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