Jim Nelson Black is senior analyst with Sentinel Research Associates and former executive director of The Wilberrforce Forum in Washington, DC. An author, educator, and researcher, he has written six books on social and cultural issues, and directed dozens of research projects over the past twenty-five years involving education, law, public policy, current affairs, and issues of faith.
In addition to his most recent investigative work, Freefall of the American University, he is author of the acclaimed 1994 volume, When Nations Die, which analyzed signs of decline in great empires past and present, and an illustrated history of the clash of secular and Christian worldviews, America Adrift, which examines ideologies that have put America's cultural and moral values at risk. He has also served as editor, writer, or collaborator on more than forty books with celebrities, public figures, and religious leaders.
Dr. Black earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature in the University of Texas system and completed doctoral studies and dissertation research at the Sorbonne, in Paris, where he was awarded the vermeil medal of the Société Academique Arts–Sciences–Lettres of the French Academy. He has appeared on more than 400 radio and television broadcasts, and speaks to civic, professional, and college audiences on issues of faith and culture.
