Terri Laws teaches, researches and presents on topics related to race, religion, and ethics with a focus on inequality in health care. This Cincinnati native completed the doctorate of philosophy in Religious Studies with a concentration in African American Religions at Rice University. She attended seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia and earned a bachelor in business administration at the University of Cincinnati. She is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in African and African American Studies and Health and Human Services. Among Professor Laws’ publications are “Tuskegee as Sacred Rhetoric: Focal Point for the Emergent Field of African American Religion and Health” in the Journal of Religion and Health and she is a co-author of “Breaking Bread, Breaking Beats: Churches and Hip-Hop, a Basic guide to Key Issues” (Fortress Press, 2014). But most important to her is that she contributes to society by lending a moral voice to the issues of our times within her sphere of understanding and influence, and by living an integrated life in which her moral values show up in her deeds and actions.