Elizabeth Dias @ Chautauqua Institution

Elizabeth Dias is the national religion correspondent for The New York Times. She has reported on faith and politics for 15 years, covering religion in four presidential elections and reporting from more than 30 states and the Vatican. She writes about the shifting expressions of belief and power in American society, including the conservative Christian political movement as well as life’s biggest questions at the heart of our shared humanity.

Dias is the co-author of The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America, a book chronicling the political and religious campaign to end federal abortion rights, along with her New York Times colleague Lisa Lerer.

Previously, she was a reporter for Time Magazine, where she traveled with Pope Francis and interviewed the Dalai Lama.

She has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.