Douglas A. Hicks
{{Short description|American theologian}}
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| office = 19th President of Davidson College
| term_start = August 1, 2022
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| predecessor = Carol Quillen
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| education = Davidson College (BA)
Duke University (MDiv)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
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Douglas A. Hicks is an American scholar of theology and ethics who is president of Davidson College.
Hicks became the 19th president of Davidson College on August 1, 2022.{{Cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Davidson College The Davidson College wordmark |last2=USA894-2000 |first2=North Carolina 28035 |title=Davidson College's 19th President, Doug Hicks, Takes the Helm Today |url=https://www.davidson.edu/news/2022/08/01/davidson-colleges-19th-president-doug-hicks-takes-helm-today |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Davidson |language=en}} He previously served as Dean of Oxford College of Emory University and the Charles R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Religion at Emory. Before that, he was Professor of Religion and Senior Advisor for Academic Initiatives at Colgate University in Hamilton NY. He served as Colgate's Provost and Dean of the Faculty from 2012 through 2015. From 1998 through 2012, Hicks was Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion at the
Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, where he also was the founding director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement.
Education and career
An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Hicks holds an A.B. degree with honors in economics from Davidson College, an M.Div. degree, summa cum laude, from Duke University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in religion, ethics and economics from Harvard University. During the spring of 2003, he served as visiting assistant professor of religion and society at Harvard Divinity School.
He is the author of four books: Inequality and Christian Ethics (2000), Religion and the Workplace (2003), With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America (2009), and Money Enough: Everyday Practices for Living Faithfully in the Global Economy (2010).
His articles have appeared in The Leadership Quarterly, The Journal of Religious Ethics, World Development and The Journal of Ecumenical Studies.
Works
- {{cite news|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/commentary/article/HICKS118_20090116-205911/180619/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091119073044/http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/commentary/article/HICKS118_20090116-205911/180619/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2009 |title=Mr. Obama's Inauguration |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=January 18, 2009 }}
- {{cite journal| url=http://www.richmag.com/?articleID=f291b20eb177357ad0e55c47063afb18| title=Leadership in a Devout and Diverse City | journal=Richmond Magazine| date=2008-12-24 }}
- {{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1o5zTmGqcYC&q=douglas+hicks&pg=PA43| title=Global Neighbors| chapter=Global Poverty and Bono's Celebrity Activism| publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing| year=2008| isbn=978-0-8028-6033-0| author=Douglas A. Hicks, Mark Valeri }}
=Books=
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uGsvXRnSmEEC&q=douglas+hicks| title=Money Enough: Everyday Practices for Living Faithfully in the Global Economy| publisher=Jossey-Bass| date=February 2010| isbn=978-0-7879-9775-5 }}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5k7_2uCEaLMC&q=douglas+hicks| title=With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America| publisher=Cambridge University Press| date=February 12, 2009| isbn=978-0-19-533717-4 }}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4V7A8ha_xcC&q=douglas+hicks| title=Religion and the Workplace| publisher=Cambridge University Press| date=November 17, 2003| isbn=978-0-521-52960-0 }}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pPH9qxKTPPwC&q=douglas+hicks| title=Inequality and Christian Ethics| publisher=Cambridge University Press| year=2000| isbn=978-0-521-78754-3 }}
References
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External links
- [http://douglashicks.com Official Website]
- [http://pluralism.org/affiliates/hicks/ The Pluralism Project, Harvard University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814032224/http://pluralism.org/affiliates/hicks/ |date=2009-08-14 }}
- [http://www.ila-net.org/Members/PublicationFeatures/View_Publication_Feature.asp?DBID=11 International Leadership Association]
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