Dr. Douglas A. Hicks
Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion
Director, Center for Civic Engagement
(804) 484-1601
dhicks@richmond.edu
Topics: Poverty (and Inequality), Leadership (International), Development (International), Globalization, Religion (in public life), Consumerism, Ethics, Civic Engagement
Hicks holds an A.B. with honors in economics from Davidson College, an M.Div. 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 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.
An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he is author of two books, Inequality and Christian Ethics (2000) and Religion and the Workplace (2003). He is one of three editors of the three-volume reference, The International Library of Leadership (2004).
In 2001 he received a summer research stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has participated in seminars in Jordan, South Africa, Kenya, Guatemala, Mexico and India. He holds leadership positions in the Society of Christian Ethics and the American Academy of Religion and is a member of the Association of Social Economics, the International Leadership Association and the Academy of Religious Leadership.
For more information on Hicks, please visit the Richmond Research Institute.