Sebastian Mahfood, O.P., a lay member of the Dominican Order, is vice president of administration and associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He is also provost of the online continuing education program at Sacred Heart Institute in Huntington, New York, and director of the Catholic Distance Learning Network in Arlington, Virginia. He serves on the board of trustees of Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis.