Robert M. Franklin is the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. The former president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Professor Franklin was visiting professor at the Harvard Divinity School prior to joining Emory. He also has served as dean of Black Church Studies at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, director of Black Church Studies at Emory, and as a program officer in Human Rights and Social Justice at the Ford Foundation.  . . . short bio

Robert M. Franklin is the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. The former president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Professor Franklin was visiting professor at the Harvard Divinity School prior to joining Emory. He also has served as dean of Black Church Studies at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, director of Black Church Studies at Emory, and as a program officer in Human Rights and Social Justice at the Ford Foundation . . . full bio