Associate Dean Theodore Hickman-Maynard Accepts Position at Harvard Divinity School
July 2021 – Boston University School of Theology (STH) Associate Dean for Students and Community Life Theodore Hickman-Maynard has recently accepted a position at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) in Cambridge, MA. Dean Hickman-Maynard was named Associate Dean for Ministerial Studies at HDS as of August 2, 2021.
“Dean Teddy is an incredibly wise, diplomatic, kind, compassionate, and visionary leader who brings his positive, proactive energy to everything he does,” wrote Dean Sujin Pak in a letter to the STH community. “Dean Teddy has discerned a calling to this new endeavor. [M]ay we offer Dean Teddy our support and prayers and celebrate the gift of his time with us, as well as celebrate and congratulate him on this new adventure.”
Dean Hickman-Maynard earned both his MDiv (2003) and PhD (2015) at the School of Theology, and served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Evangelism and Church Renewal from 2015 to 2017. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Black Church Studies in 2017, was made Acting Associate Dean for Students and Community Life in Spring of 2018, and was appointed fully as the Associate Dean for Students and Community Life that fall. Dean Hickman-Maynard expressed thanks to the STH community, stating “it has been my great honor and joy to serve as a part of this phenomenal faculty and staff as we impart that gift of self-discovery to the incredible students that choose to make STH their intellectual home as well. I truly love this community with my whole heart.”
“Few individuals have shaped our community as positively as Teddy over the last couple decades,” wrote Bryan Stone, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, in his email to the STH community. “I thank God for his influence in our lives[,] and in my life!”
The entire STH community wishes Dean Hickman-Maynard the best of wishes at the start of this new chapter in his career.
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