Sr. Exec. Director @character_wfu; scholar of politics, ethics, & humanities @WakeForest; author of "A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine's Political Thought"
Winston-Salem, NC
Joined June 2009
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📕 NEW BOOK! 📕 Today is the publication day for "The Arts of Leading," which explores what the arts & humanities can teach us about leadership. @Georgetown_UP is offering a 30% with code TGUF.
What a joy to speak with Aiden Lynch and Anjali Sarker from @OxfordCharacter about how we become who we want to be. The full interview is below:
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Come join our wonderful team as Director of Communications for the Educating Character Initiative at @character_wfu @WakeForest!
We're hiring! We are looking for a Director of Communications to provide creative support for our Educating Character Initiative team. wfu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/St…
This conversation with Tyler Shultz is as timely now as ever. Tyler shares the moral courage it required to blow the whistle on Theranos. The lessons he shares about leadership and character are inspiring.
An upcoming documentary, "You Can See Everything," follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before she reports to prison.
Last year, the whistleblower who helped expose the fraud at Theranos visited @WakeForestBiz to tell his side of the story.
Watch Tyler Shultz's entire conversation with Dr. @KMLamb of @character_wfu: youtube.com/watch?v=u6OkN6C3…
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The best books on Honesty
recommended by Christian B. Miller
Very much enjoyed being interviewed for Five Books. Check out my five recommendations!
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I'm grateful to @jeff_bilbro for recommending my recent reflection on Wendell Berry in @FrontPorchRepub: ://xitter.cf/FrontPorchRepub/status/2098730264557916199
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“Berry’s hope is not the easy optimism that often passes for hope in our contemporary culture. Rather, it is a ‘difficult hope’ that requires reckoning with reality even as we try to change it.”
@KMLamb on Wendell Berry’s vision of hope.
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Wendell Berry made a profound imprint on my life. Here I reflect on what Berry taught me about how to integrate the intellectual and agricultural life and enact the virtue of hope. I am grateful to @commentmag for publishing this tribute.
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Wendell Berry had such a significant imprint on my life and so many others. I am grateful to the wonderful Lauren Jackson @nytimes for including a reflection on what Berry taught me about integrity, home, and hope in Believing. What a gift to learn from his words and his witness.
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My webinar on honesty is now out!
Conversations on Character & the Common Good presents "The Honesty Crisis" with Christian Miller @VirtueVocations @templeton_fdn
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Wake Forest’s @character_wfu program, which is entering its tenth year, has been profiled in LearningWell and Inside Higher Ed, and was featured in a May 2026 article in The Atlantic written by David Brooks.
Wake Forest's commitment to educating character is expanding nationwide. A new nearly $44 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will help our Educating Character Initiative support more colleges and universities as they prepare ethical, purpose-driven leaders. #ProHumanitate
Read more: wakefo.rest/4vH2sxf
I am grateful to @rwmichelle & @Dana2323 for hosting me on their wonderful "A Life Worth Working" podcast. We talk about character, burnout, and the cost of living in our mind. Here's the link to listen:
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“It was probably the most powerful thing I’ve done at Wake.” leadershipandcharacter.wfu.e…
ALT Wake Forest athletes posing for a picture in the mountains.
The character movement in higher ed is growing! Thanks to the generosity of the @templeton_fdn & @lillyendowment, we're excited to announce a new initiative to create Communities of Impact focused on character in different areas of higher ed. Stay tuned for ways to get involved!
The Educating Character Initiative (ECI) is launching a new effort to strengthen communities of character nationwide. news.wfu.edu/2026/07/30/wake…
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New from ECI's Aaron D. Cobb and Emily Hunt-Hinojosa: moral repair is central to the work of character. On institutions, community-building, and the honesty to grieve what can't be fixed.
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ALT "Moral repair requires more than reparative acts. It requires a community that is well disposed to engage in this vital moral task. The task of moral repair is never merely an individual moral task; restoring, renewing, or creating conditions vital to trust and hope is an exercise of the community itself." — Aaron D. Cobb and Emily Hunt-Hinojosa
What can The Odyssey teach us about leadership & character? That was the question front of mind this week as I watched Christopher Nolan's film. For more on how the Odyssey might speak to the virtue of digital temperance, @DylanfBrown97 & I have written an essay. DM for a copy!
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Thanks to Lilly Endowment Inc., the Educating Character Initiative is proud to announce our 2026 Capacity-Building Grant recipients, advancing character education across higher ed nationwide.
Congrats to all! Full list: leadershipandcharacter.wfu.e…
#CharacterEd #HigherEd
We're so grateful for the Lilly Endowment's transformational support of the growing movement to educate character in our colleges & universities. We're especially excited by how this new grant will enable @character_wfu to support more institutions who want to educate character.
Wake Forest's commitment to educating character is expanding nationwide. A new nearly $44 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will help our Educating Character Initiative support more colleges and universities as they prepare ethical, purpose-driven leaders. #ProHumanitate
Read more: wakefo.rest/4vH2sxf
Amidst the onslaught of digital technology, how might we use technology well, recognizing its contribution to human flourishing without overindulging its use? In "Improving Character," @DylanfBrown97 & I suggest we can cultivate "digital temperance." DM if you'd like a copy!
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.@WakeForest's "Character and Leadership program teaches students to practice virtues, including compassion, curiosity and courage. It shows them how to reflect on their personal experiences and to wrestle with difficult ideas through dialogue with others." -@insidehighered
Wendell Berry’s Difficult Hope
A reflection on the legacy of Wendell Berry.
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