Commencement Speaker 2024
David Brooks is a columnist for T he New York Times and a contributor to The Atlantic. He is a commentator on “The PBS Newshour" and founder and Chair of Weave: The Social Fabric Project.
His forthcoming book “How To Know A Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen” will be published in October. His previous three books were “The Second Mountain,” “The Road to Character,” and “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement,” all #1 New York Times bestsellers.
Mr. Brooks has taught at Yale and Duke and now teaches at the University of Chicago. He has received over 30 honorary degrees from American universities and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Follow him on Twitter @nytdavidbrooks
The Very Reverend Timothy E. Kimbrough, the Professor of the Practice of Anglican Studies, at Duke University, and the Director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at the Duke University Divinity School, is a priest of the Episcopal Church who has served congregations in NC, SC, NJ, and TN most recently as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, TN, (2009-2013). He is a graduate of Duke University (B.A. 1979) and its Divinity School (M.Div., 1983) and has done graduate work at General Theological Seminary in New York City (1984). His deep and abiding love of God in Christ as expressed in Christian Worship and song has infused his work in the parish, in the mission field, in the devotional life of the congregations he has served, and the writings he has offered for publication.