• 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Stacey Floyd Thomas, PhD, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University 

Location: Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel

• 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. THE DEAN’S FORUM 

Moderator: Harold V. Bennett, PhD, Martin Luther King, Jr. Endowed Chair, Philosophy and Religion, Morehouse College 

Panelists:  

• Angela N. Parker, PhD, Associate Professor of New Testament & Greek, Mercer University  
• Joel B. Kemp, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor Hebrew Bible, Emory University  
• Mitzi J. Smith, PhD, J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary 
• Randell C. Bailey, PhD, Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible, Interdenominational Theological Center 

Respondent:

• Vincent Lee Wimbush ’75, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Emory University  

Location: African American Hall of Fame, 2nd Floor Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel

• 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. "THE DEAN" (Past Presidents of Chapel Assistants and Alumni Chapel Assistants honoring Dean Carter)  

Location: Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center