Bio
Michael Lamb is the F. M. Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership and Character, Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities. Michael earned a B.A. in political science from Rhodes College, a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University, and a second B.A. in philosophy and theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He is also an Associate Fellow with the Oxford Character Project. A recipient of teaching awards from Princeton, Oxford, and Wake Forest, his interdisciplinary teaching and research focus on leadership, character, and the role of virtues in public life. He is the author of A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine’s Political Thought and co-editor of The Arts of Leading: Perspectives from the Humanities and the Liberal Arts, Cultivating Virtue in the University and Everyday Ethics: Moral Theology and the Practices of Ordinary Life. His work has also been published in a number of edited volumes and academic journals, including the American Political Science Review, Review of Politics, Journal of Religious Ethics, Journal of Moral Education, and Journal of Character Education. Prior to joining Wake Forest, he helped to launch the Oxford Character Project and served as Dean of Leadership, Service, and Character Development for Rhodes Scholars. He is currently leading a number of grants and projects related to leadership and character at Wake Forest and beyond, including the new Educating Character Initiative, which aims to catalyze a broader community focused on character in undergraduate education.