Eric M. Uslaner, Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland – College Park. His books include The Historical Roots of Corruption (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Segregation and Mistrust: Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion (Cambridge University Press 2012), The Moral Foundations of Trust (Cambridge University Press 2002). He is the editor of the Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust (2018).