Sophie Janicke, a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Arkansas is part of a national research team examining how people use and are affected by inspirational media. The three-year-long $2-million-dollar grant project was funded by the John Templeton Foundation, a philanthropy dedicated to interdisciplinaryesearch on human purpose and ultimate reality.
Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.