Todd A. Salzman has a Ph.D. in theology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He completed his dissertation in 1994, taught at the University of San Diego from 1995-1997, and began teaching at Creighton university in 1997. He has published six books, written over 50 scholarly articles, and presented numerous papers at national and international conferences. Salzman's essay on religious, cultural, and ethical responses to the rape victims in the former Yugoslavia was honored by the United Nations and various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in New York in 2001. Saltzman and his wife Katy have identical twin boys, Ian and Aaron, and a daughter, Emily.