Dr. Douglas F. Mann — Speakers of Bryan

Biography

Dr. Douglas F. Mann became the eighth President of Bryan College on July 15, 2020, following two years of serving as Vice President for Academics and Provost.

Mann is a 1992 graduate of Bryan College and earned an M.A. degree in Christian Thought from Trinity International University. He later received his Ph.D. in history from The University of Georgia. Since coming to Bryan, Dr. Mann has worked closely with faculty in the implementation of new residential and online academic programs, enhanced professional development opportunities for faculty and staff, and implemented operational efficiency measures that have seen significant budgetary savings in academics and growth in Bryan’s online program offerings. Dr. Mann is passionate about guiding students in developing the knowledge, values, and skills they need to grow as servant leaders for Christ and His Kingdom and to make a difference in their communities.

Topics:

• Difference Makers: Men and women from history who made a difference for Christ
• Biblical Worldview and Cultural Engagement

Experienced Areas:

• Executive Leadership
• Leadership and Character Development

Publications, Research, & Editing

• Contributor Popular Encyclopedia of Church History: Desiderius Erasmus, John Newton, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo. Harvest House (2013).
• “Colonial Jamaica,” in Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural and Economic History, M.E.Sharpe, (2005).
• Contributor of multiple entries’ on Higher Education to Revision of Goods Dictionary Higher Education Oryx Press, 2003.

Conference & Workshop Presentations

• “The Stuff of Life – Consumerism and Material Culture in the West.” Presented for the Liberty University Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement, April 11, 2017.
• Fishbowl Dialogue on Online Student Affairs: Managing Student Affairs in an online environment, Distance Learning Conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia, July 2012 (with Michael Shenkle).
• “It’s Only a Bill: Curriculum Legislative Process at Liberty University, “Professional Development Seminar for Faculty Workdays, August 2015.
• “’He Lives Genteely… .’: Polite Behaviour in Eighteenth-Century Kingston, Jamaica.” Presented for the Jamaican Archeological Society, May 3, 2010.
• “The True Opiate of the Masses, Or, Miscellaneous, and Perhaps Inane, Thoughts on Coffee and Modern Coffee-House Culture.” Presented for the History Department Awards Banquet, Liberty University, April 2008.
• “’He. . . Lives Genteely’: Gentility and Refinement in Eighteenth-Century Kingston, Jamaica.” Presented at the Latin American and Caribbean Section of the Southern Historical Association, Richmond, VA, October 31 – November 2, 2007.