Dr. Paul is President of the New York Divinity School, and has over 25 years of leadership experience in Christian higher education administration, including at Wheaton College, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Seminary of the East.  He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. at the University of Virginia, specializing in applied ethics, critical thinking, and hermeneutics.  He is the lead author of three books:  The Taming of the Shrewd (1992, Thomas Nelson Publishing); Ethics Applied (1999, Simon and Schuster); and Business Ethics Applied, (2001, Pearson), and a contributing author to a dozen other books, especially in the areas of hermeneutics and applied ethics.  He is founder of the Office of Community Service at the University of Virginia and founder of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College, Illinois--the first ethics center of any Christian college.  Dr. Paul is also an ordained minister. Contact Rev. Dr. de Vries.