Shad Anderson is the institute director at the Urbana Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Illinois. He also works as a Coordinator in Seminaries and Institutes of Religion training early morning seminary teachers. He received a BFA in drawing and painting and a MS in education from Utah State University. He and his wife, Bonnie, have been married for 10 years and are the parents of 4 children.
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