Rachel M. McCleary is Lecturer in the Economics Department, Harvard University, Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Her field of expertise is the political economy of religion, an interdisciplinary approach to the study of religion utilizing methodologies from sociology, anthropology, and economics. She holds a Masters in Theological Studies (Candler School of Theology, Emory University) and a doctorate in moral philosophy (University of Chicago). Rachel's current research focuses on conscience and moral psychology. She is writing a book, "Conscience Explained." She is also investigating the role of conscience in politics, and public policy in the United States.