Dr. Douglas A. Hicks
Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion
Executive Director, Center for Civic Engagement
(804) 484-1601
dhicks@richmond.edu
Topics: Religion (in Public Life), Leadership (U.S. and International), Globalization, Leadership Ethics, Civic Engagement
Hicks is author of three books: Inequality and Christian Ethics (2000), Religion and the Workplace (2003), and his most recent, With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America, published by Oxford University Press (February 2009).
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.
His articles have appeared in The Leadership Quarterly, The Journal of Religious Ethics, World Development and The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, and he contributed to the CD-ROM, On Common Ground: World Religions in America.
Hicks also is an editor of the three-volume reference, The International Library of Leadership (2004) and an editor of Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today's Economy, published by Eerdmans (2008).
Hicks has received summer funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and research support from the Pluralism Project at Harvard University and Spain's Ministry of Education. He has participated in seminars in Jordan, South Africa, Kenya, Guatemala, Mexico and India. He holds leadership positions in the American Academy of Religion and the Academy of Religious Leadership.
For more information on Hicks and his books, please visit www.douglashicks.com.