Christopher D. Bader is associate professor of sociology at Baylor University and specializes in the sociology of religion, criminology and deviant behavior. He has been studying the sociology of the paranormal for nearly twenty years and has published over 30 articles in journals in the fields of sociology, deviance, criminology, the sociology of religion and education. He was a principal investigator of the first two waves of the Baylor Religion Survey and currently serves as associate director at the Association of Religion Data Archives.