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Doctor of Global Leadership

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Redemptive Imagination in the Marketplace

In a rapidly changing world, leaders across industries and sectors are uniquely positioned to be agents of God’s redemption and renewal as they seek answers to the most pressing challenges of our times. In corporations and nonprofits, in entrepreneurial endeavors, and in educational institutions, we need leaders who are both oriented by the hope of Christ and equipped to energize systems and people toward a wide array of systemic changes that align with the mission of God at work in the world.

Eminently practical and deeply theological, this cohort seeks to equip students to integrate their faith with their work in a way that produces generative experiments, renewed relationships, and meaningful results. This cohort is led by Dr. Michaela O’Donnell. Dr. Uli Chi and Gustavo Santos also serve as professors.

This program is not currently accepting applications. For more information on the Doctor of Global Leadership and future cohorts, visit Fuller’s Doctor of Global Leadership page.

At a Glance

Timeline

4-year doctoral program

Audience

marketplace and non-profit leaders

Format

Online and In-Person

*Pasadena, CA

Dates

Early Application DeadlineJune 1, 2023Application DeadlineJuly 28, 2023Year 1 BeginsSeptember 25, 2023

Your Professors

Michaela O’Donnell

Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director

Dr. Michaela O’Donnell is the Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director Chair of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership and Assistant Professor of Marketplace Leadership at Fuller Seminary. She oversees the De Pree Center’s vision, strategy, program, and team, all with the goal of helping l...

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Gustavo H. R. Santos

Affiliate Professor & Writer

Gustavo currently serves as an Affiliate Professor with Fuller’s Doctor of Global Leadership program. As a PhD candidate in Theology at the Vrije Universit...

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Uli Chi

Board Member, Senior Fellow, Affiliate Professor

Dr. Uli Chi’s career is a testament to his unique approach to leadership. He has navigated the realms of for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, the theological academy, and the local church, gleaning a wealth of wisdom from each. As an award-winning technological entrepreneur, h...

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Curriculum Overview

This program runs online with in-person intensives at the Fuller campus in Pasadena, California, in the Winter for years 1–3.

Year One: Vocation and God’s Mission of Redemption
  • Articulate theological concepts of vocation and the mission of God
  • Describe how these concepts connect to their own sense of vocation in light of pressing challenges
Year Two: Contextual Analysis and Organizational Change
  • Name and analyze current organizational and/or cultural praxis
  • Build and test prototypes for redemptive change in your own context
  • Lay out a plan for a larger project in your vocational context
Year Three: Inner Life of a Leader
  • Begin the inner work necessary to lead with compassion, wisdom, and confidence
  • Meet for peer and professorial coaching sessions to develop your plan for change and/or innovation via dissertation.
Year Four: Dissertation
  • Produce a research-based dissertation that articulates and disseminates findings of your original change or innovation project.

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