Well, friends, March 1st is just around the corner. And that means the official release of my new book, Fundamentalist U: Keeping the Faith in American Higher Education.

I’ve heard from none of you that you plan to “Harry-Potter” this release. That is, that you plan to camp out all night at the bookstore on Wednesday, February 28th, dressed as your favorite personage from Fundamentalist U. For those of you who will be doing so, I’ll share here a few images of the people you might choose to dress up as.

I’m not sure how many of them were in Hufflepuff…

All of these people play important roles in the history of conservative evangelical higher education. For bonus points, can you match the pix to the names? Or the names to the relevant institutions?

Here they are, in no particular order:

1. Mark Noll
2. Elisabeth Howard Elliot
3. Russell Mixter
4. Henry Morris
5. James M. Gray
6. Clifton Fowler
7. Hudson Armerding
8. Charles Blanchard
9. Larycia Hawkins
10. J. Oliver Buswell

Have fun, and see you at the bookstore!