**About the Editors**

#### **Tracy J. Trothen**

Tracy J. Trothen is professor of ethics at Queen's University, jointly appointed to the School of Religion and the School of Rehabilitation Therapy. Trothen is the author or editor of numerous articles, chapters, and ten books including the 2021 book *Religion and the Technological Future: An Introduction to Biohacking, A.I., and Transhumanism*, coauthored with Professor Calvin Mercer. She co-chairs the American Academy of Religion's (AAR) Artificial Intelligence Seminar and is a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR).

#### **Calvin Mercer**

Calvin Mercer is professor of religion at East Carolina University. Along with UK scholar Steve Fuller, Mercer coedits *Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors*, the oldest book series addressing human enhancement from all disciplines and points of view. He was founding chair of the "Human Enhancement and Transhumanism" Unit in the American Academy of Religion and continues to serve on that unit's steering committee. He serves on the Academic Advisory Council of the Christian Transhumanist Association. Also trained in clinical psychology, Mercer practiced professionally part-time for over a decade and uses this discipline in his published work on religion.
