Kent T. Saunders has been Professor of Finance and Economics at Anderson University in South Carolina since 2014 and previously served at Anderson University in Indiana, Le Moyne College, and Cumberland University. Dr. Saunders earned a BS from Ball State University in Indiana with a major in Mathematical Economics, a MA in Economics from Clemson University, and a PhD from Clemson University in Applied Economics. Kent’s Google scholar profile summarizes over forty refereed publications in teaching pedagogy, finance and investments, and the countries of the former Soviet Union. During the 2021-2022 academic year Kent taught at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova as a Fulbright Scholar (here is a link about his time in Eastern Europe). In 2024, Kent was a Pollard Faith and Business Research Fellow at the Center for Faithful Business at Seattle Pacific University; in 2017 Kent was awarded the Johnson Award for God-honoring intellectual contributions that integrate learning, business, and faith by the Christian Business Faculty Association; and in 2012 Kent was awarded the Chewning Award for manifesting Christlikeness in scholarship, the practice of teaching, and serving in business by the Christian Business Faculty Association. Additionally, Dr. Saunders served as the Director of Publications for the Christian Business Faculty Association from 2014 to 2020 and was the founding editor of the Christian Business Academy Review serving as the editor from 2006 to 2015. Kent has been married to his wife Chrissie since 1991 and together they have three grown children and two dogs.