Jamie D. Aten (PhD, Indiana State University) is the founder and codirector of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute, and Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Associate Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College (Illinois). Previously he served as the assistant director of the Katrina Research Center, and his research focuses on the psychology of religion and disasters, with an emphasis on equipping faith-based groups to prepare for and respond to disasters.