Dr. Robert Abele is the recipient of numerous scholarships and fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to the U.S. Naval Academy for the study of war and morality (2004), the United States Federal Government Title IV Fellowship for International Studies for the study of Islam (2004), and the Illinois Council of Humanities Scholarship in, for his work on the issues of freedom and democracy (2003).

Dedicated to maintaining and enhancing freedom and human rights, he regularly writes and gives public presentations on these as well as other issues pertaining to religion and spirituality in the 21st century.

He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University and M.A. degrees in Theology and Divinity. His published works are included on this site, with forthcoming books on ethics and the war in Iraq, and the idea of freedom in the U.S. Constitution.

Dr. Abele recently left his position as a professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Illinois Valley Community College near Chicago when he was selected from a pool of over 80 candidates for a position with Yuba College located in Marysville, California in the Sacramento region.