Robert Stockman received his docotrate in the history of religioun from Harvard University. Presently he works as the Director of the Corinne True Center for Baha'I History and used to teach religious studies at DePaul University while he served as Coordinator of the Research Office of th National Spiritual Assmebly of the Baha'is of the United States and Coordinator of the Wimette Institute for Bahai Studies.