Leadership


PhD, University of Glasgow, Scotland
December 2011

MLitt, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Summer 2008

MBA, University of Indianapolis
Summer 2002

BS, University of Indianapolis
Spring 2000

  • Brown, K. J. (2016). Designed for Good: Recovering the Idea, Language, and Practice of Virtue. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.
  • Brown, K. J., & McMullen, S. (2017, July/August Issue ). Hope in the Humanless Economy. Christianity Today, 30-36.
  • Brown, K., & Clements, S. (2018, April 5). Christian Higher Education in an Exponential Age. Comment Magazine. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. (2018, May 7th). Will Robots Take our Jobs? Boundless.org. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. (2018). Augustine, Desire, and the Moral Significance of Preferences. Faith and Economics(71), 3-24.
  • Brown, K. (2018, November 30). Automation and the Future of Labor: Two Scenarios. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. J. (2020). Wesley, ‘Holy Tempers’, and Commercial Practice. Journal of Religion and Business Ethics, 4(13).
  • Brown, K. (2020, September 29). An Appeal from a Christian Liberal Arts University President. Read Now.  (NOTE: Included in “Best of Mere Orthodoxy 2020”)
  • Brown, K. J. (2021, June 22). A 21st Century Power. Firebrand. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. J. (2022, February 1st). Evangelicals Behaving Badly and the Problem of ‘Silent Evidence’. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. J. (2022, May 9). The Case for the Christian Liberal Arts in a Polarized, Fractious Age. Mere Orthodoxy. Read Now.  (NOTE: Also available in Print Form, Winter 2022, Issue 002).
  • Brown, K. J. (2022, May 10th). Can a Christian Be Carnal? Firebrand Magazine. Read Now.  (NOTE: Listed as one of the “ten most read articles from 2022” by Firebrand)
  • Brown, K. (2022, December 23). Why Educators Shouldn’t Be Worried About AI. Christianity Today. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. (2023, April 4). The Difficulty with Being ‘True to Yourself’. Firebrand Magazine. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. J. (2023, August 29). Let’s Be Different. (F. Magazine, Ed.) Read Now.
  • Brown, K. J. (2023, October 4). The Call to John 17 Unity. Mere Orthodoxy. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. (2023, November 28). The Threat of AI is Not That it Will Consciously Take Over: The Threat is that We Will Unconsciously Let it. Christian Scholar’s Review Blog. Read Now.
  • Brown, K. (2024, March). What the Asbury Revival Taught Me About Gen Z. Christianity Today, pp. 23-25.
  • Brown, K. J. (2024, August). Gen Z Just Wants a Church That Lives the Gospel It Claims Is Real. (M. Lee, Editor & Interviewer) Read Now.

Paper Presented: ISA International Housing Conference—Glasgow, Scotland 2009 (“The Economics and Ethics of Mixed Communities: Exploring the Philosophy of Integration through the Lens of the Subprime Financial Crisis in the US”)

Attended: RISE Conference—Dayton, 2010

Paper Presented: Diverse Engagement: Drawing in the Margins—Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference—Cambridge University, England 2010 (“The Theology of Spatial Equality and Social Integration”)

Attended: RISE Conference—Dayton, 2011

Paper Presented: Issues in Social Economics at Southern Economic Association (SEA) Conference—Washington, D.C. November 2011 (“Economics and Value: A Conceptual Assessment of the Benefits and Drawbacks of Economic Valuation in the Neighborhood Integration Discussion”

Paper Presented: 14th World Conference of Social Economics—Glasgow, Scotland 2012 (“The Normative Argument for Residential Integration: A Neo-Rawlsian Approach”)

Paper Presented: CCCU Free Market Forum—Houston, 2012 (“Spontaneous Order and the Imago Dei”)

Paper Presented: Christian Scholars Conference—Lipscomb University June, 2013 (“The Moral Status of Preferences”)

Attended: CCCU Free Market Forum—San Diego, 2013

Paper Presented: Christian Scholars Conference—Lipscomb University June, 2014 (“Value, Economic Value, and the Future of Higher Education”)

Attended: Acton University—Acton Organization June, 2014

Paper Presented: Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting—Trevecca Nazarene, October 2014 (Paper #1: “Broadening the Business Discipline—Teaching the History of Business in the Faith Tradition”)

Paper Presented: Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting—Trevecca Nazarene, 2014 October (Paper #2: “The Moral Significance of Preferences—A Faith-Based Framework for Evaluation”)

Attended: CCCU Free Market Forum—Indianapolis, 2014

Attended: Acton University—Acton Organization June, 2015

Attended: AEI Values and Capitalism Conference—Washington D.C. June 2015

Paper Presented: Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting—Virginia Beach, VA, October 2015 (Paper #1: “Social Entrepreneurship: From the Classroom to the Marketplace”)

Paper Presented: Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting—Virginia Beach, VA, October 2015 (Paper #2: “The Journal Publications of the CBFA—CBAR Report to the CBFA”)

Paper Presented: Values and Capitalism Faculty Retreat—Bonita Springs, FL, January 2016 (“What is Your Narrative: Human Purpose and the Future of Work”).

Attended: AEI Values and Capitalism Conference—Washington D.C. June 2016

Lecture: Hope College Department of Economics and Business—Holland, MI September 2016 (“Is Everything for Sale?  Market Exchange through the Lens of Virtue and Faith”).

Panel Presenter: Hope College Markets and Morality Group—Holland, MI, September 2016 (“Work and the Future of Automation”).

Paper Presented: Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting—Charleston, SC, October 2016 (Paper #1: The Future of the CBFA Journal Publications”)

Paper Presented: Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Meeting—Charleston, SC, October 2016 (Paper #2: “A Call to Worship: Preparing our Students for Ministry in the Workplace”)

Paper Presented: Values and Capitalism Faculty Retreat—San Antonio, TX January 2017 (“Civic Attributes in a Coming Apart Age”).

Panel Presenter: Thomas More College Institute for Religious Liberty Academic Symposium—Thomas More College, February 2017

Paper Presented: Christian Scholars Conference—Lipscomb University, TN June 2017 (Paper #1: “Collaboration and Pedagogy: Highlighting ‘The Asbury Project’”)

Paper Presented: Christian Scholars Conference—Lipscomb University, TN June 2017 (Paper #2: “Virtue and the Moral Limits of Markets”)

Lecture(s): Summit Ministries Conference—Manitou Springs, CO June 2017 (Lecture #1: “Economics: What is it?  Why is it Important?”; Lecture #2: “Economic Understanding and Faithful Action”).

Attended: AEI Values and Capitalism Conference—Washington D.C. June 2017

Lecture(s): Hope College Markets and Morality Annual Retreat—Holland, MI September 2017 (“What is Virtue?”)

Lecture: American Enterprise Institute’s Values and Capitalism Fall Summit—Washington D.C., October 2017 (“A Christian Response to Automation”)

Paper Presented: Southern Economic Association Regional Conference—Tampa, FL November 2017 (“Augustine, Desire, and the Moral Significance of Preferences”)

Paper Presented: Values and Capitalism Faculty Retreat—San Diego, CA January 2018 (“US Higher Education in an Exponential Era”)

Lecture: Make Jesus Culture Conference—Online Presenter Broadcast, February 2018 (“What is Virtue?”)

Lecture(s): Summit Ministries Conference—Manitou Springs, CO June 2018 (Lecture #1: “Economics: What is it?  Why is it Important?”; Lecture #2: “Economic Understanding and Faithful Action”).

Lecture: Acton University—Grand Rapids, MI June 2018 (“John Rawls, Justice, and the Imago Dei”)

Lecture(s): Summit Ministries Conference—Manitou Springs, CO July 2018 (Lecture #1: “Economics: What is it?  Why is it Important?”; Lecture #2: “Economic Understanding and Faithful Action”).

Attended: AEI Values and Capitalism Fall Summit—Washington D.C. September 2018

President’s Staff

Kevin Brown, Ph.D.
President of Asbury University
Lainie Private: Thomas
Executive Assistant to The President
Esther Jadhav, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Intercultural Affairs & Spiritual Development