Edward Queen directs the Center’s D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership at Emory University’s Center for Ethics.
He received his B.A. from Birmingham-Southern College, his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.
Prior to joining the Center for Ethics, Queen served as Senior Researcher on the Ford Foundation funded Charitable Choice Implementation Project.
He also was the founding director of both the Religion and Philanthropy Project at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and the Islamic Society of North America's Fellowship Program in Nonprofit Management and Governance.
A former program officer at Lilly Endowment, Inc. with a major responsibility for grants in nonprofit governance and leadership, Queen has consulted with numerous nonprofit, governmental, and educational organizations, including the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia, the Pew Charitable Trusts, Independent Sector, USAID, and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
A specialist in issues related to religion and culture and religion and philanthropy, Queen's research interests are religion and nonprofits, professional ethics, democratization, human rights, and civil society.
He has written, coauthored, or edited numerous books, including Serving Those In Need: A Handbook for Managing Faith-Based Human Services Organizations (2000), Philanthropy in the World's Traditions (1998), and The Encyclopedia of American Religious History (1992, rev. ed. 2002).
