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Dr. Mark A. Hicks Dr. Mark A. Hicks is the Angus MacLean Professor of Religious Education at Meadville Lombard Theological School. He was formerly the Associate Professor of Educational Transformation at George Mason University, Virginia. Committed to the ideals of creating collaborative, democratic, socially conscious learning communities, he has been recognized for his work in transformative thinking and teaching, most recently being honored as a finalist for a university Teaching Excellence award at George Mason. Critical pedagogy, music, the arts, social justice, and progressive teaching are woven through every aspect of Mark's teaching and consultancy work. He is known for creating 'social containers' that help to morph problems into possibilities. He has written Building the World We Dream About: A Welcoming Congregation Curriculum on Race and Ethnicity, a national curriculum for the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations that weaves anti-racist and anti-oppressive thinking and practice into the spiritual life of Unitarian Universalist congregations. He is a member and lay leader in two nationally historic congregations, All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, D.C. and The Riverside Church in New York City (often regarded as a national model for a multicultural spiritual community). He is presently a member of the progressively-minded faculty of Initiatives in Educational Transformation (IET), a professional development Master's degree program for public school teachers in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. He has published, solicited and referred articles in journals such as Educational Studies, The Journal of Transformative Education, Teacher Development, and the Journal of College Counseling (where his research was twice honored as "the most significant contribution to the Journal" and research that "stands the test of time"). He is currently working on a book, Becoming, which theorizes and documents educational and social practices that free learners from oppressive contexts. For more about his publications, visit is website: http://web.mac.com/mhicks3/iWeb/Mark Hicks.1/Vita.html Oh and I've taken two classes and two workshops facilitated by him ... he is really really wonderful!
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