John C. Knapp
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Dr. John C. Knapp |
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| 13th President of Washington & Jefferson College | |
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In office August 1, 2017 – Present |
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| Preceded by | Tori Haring-Smith |
| 12th President of Hope College | |
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In office July 1, 2013 – Present |
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| Preceded by | James E. Bultman |
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| Residence | Holland, MI |
| Alma mater | Georgia State University, Columbia Theological Seminary, University of Wales |
| Website | www.hope.edu/president |
John C. Knapp, Ph.D., is the 13th president of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as 12th president of Hope College, a private Christian liberal arts college located in Holland, Michigan.
Dr. Knapp served as founding director of Samford University’s Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership since 2008. While there, he held the Mann Family Professorship in Ethics and Leadership. Prior to his tenure at Samford, Dr. Knapp taught at Georgia State University as a Professor and served as a Director of the Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
In 1981, Knapp earned a Bachelor of Science degree in urban life with a concentration in communication from Georgia State University. Following his bachelor’s degree, he completed his Master of Arts degree in theological studies at Columbia Theological Seminary in 1995. In 1999, Dr. Knapp earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in theology and religious studies at the University of Wales, United Kingdom. At the time, he was an Honorary Visiting Lecturer at the university. He was awarded the honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree by Hope College in 2013.
President Knapp has published five books titled For the Common Good: The Ethics of Leadership in the 21st Century (Praeger, 2006);Leaders on Ethics: Real-World Perspectives on Today's Business Challenges (Praeger, 2007);The Business of Higher Education (ABC-CLIO, 2009), three volumes focusing on how universities cope with pressure to strengthen accountability and efficiency; and How the Church Fails Businesspeople (and What Can Be Done About It) (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011), which provides insight regarding the relationship between faith and work. His latest book is Ghostwriting and The Ethics of Authenticity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), an exploration of the ethics, history and practice of ghostwriting in a wide range of practical contexts.
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