Elaine A. Heath, a theologian, preacher, teacher and writer, will be the next dean of the Duke Divinity School at Duke University, North Carolina, President Richard H. Brodhead and Provost Sally Kornbluth announced Tuesday 8th March 2016.

Heath is currently the McCreless Professor of Evangelism at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology in Dallas. She succeeds Ellen Davis, who has served as interim dean since the retirement of Richard Hays in August 2015. 

Read in full at today.duke.edu/2016/03/divinityschooldeanannouncement-march-2016