Dean A. Kowalski received his A.B. from Ripon College and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he is currently an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Specializing in the philosophy of religion, he has published research articles in such journals as Religious Studies and Philosophy and Theology. He is the author of Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy (McGraw-Hill, 2004) and Moral Theory at the Movies: An Introduction to Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011). He as edited (and contributed to) three philosophy and pop culture books for the University Press of Kentucky: The Philosophy of The X-Files (2007, paperback 2009), Steven Spielberg and Philosophy (2008, paperback 2010), and The Philosophy of Joss Whedon (2011). Most recently, he has edited (and contributed to) The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, 2012). He is married (Patricia) and has two children, Nicholas and Cassie.