Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, Jr. (born 1954) is an African-American educator, author, and the tenth president of Morehouse College, a renowned historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Franklin officially took office on July 2, 2007, replacing retiring President Walter Massey.
Previously, Franklin served as Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and the leader of E...
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Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, Jr. (born 1954) is an African-American educator, author, and the tenth president of Morehouse College, a renowned historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Franklin officially took office on July 2, 2007, replacing retiring President Walter Massey.
Previously, Franklin served as Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and the leader of Emory's university-wide, multi-million dollar initiative, "Confronting the Human Condition and the Human Experience," that focuses on themes of religion, race, and global health. He also is a senior fellow in the Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Religion at the Emory University School of Law.
Franklin's major fields of study include social ethics, psychology, and African-American religion. Listed among the "Honor Roll of Great Black Preachers," he has served on the faculties of his alma maters, The University of Chicago and Harvard...
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