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Donna Hicks Ph.D.

About

Donna Hicks, Ph.D., is the author of Dignity: The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict and an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. In addition to teaching conflict resolution at Harvard, Clark and Columbia Universities, Dr. Hicks has spent nearly two decades in the field of international conflict resolution facilitating dialogue between communities in conflict in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Cuba, and Northern Ireland. She was a consultant to the BBC where she co-facilitated a television series, Facing the Truth, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which aired in the United Kingdom and on BBC World in 2007. Dr. Hicks also works as a consultant to corporations and organizations, applying her dignity model to everyday business and relational situations. She lives in Boston, MA.

Books by Donna Hicks Ph.D.
Recent Posts
An Oasis of Dignity: Three Powerful Commencement Lessons
I was asked to deliver the commencement speech at Landmark school last Friday. My message to the graduates was simple. I told them that they needed to remember three lessons. These would apply to the next phases of their education, and to all people from all walks of life.

What Is the Real Meaning of Dignity?
There is always an immediate recognition of the importance of "dignity," but when I ask people to define it the conversation falters. Dignity is not the same as respect.
Looking for Leadership?

Since the September release of my book, Dignity, I have given many talks to a variety of different groups. When it came time for audience participation, inevitably, someone would raise a question about the quality of political leadership in the US and how undignified the politicians were behaving.

Since the September release of my book, Dignity, I have given many talks to a variety of different groups. When it came time for audience participation, inevitably, someone would raise a question about the quality of political leadership in the US and how undignified the politicians were behaving.

Diversity and Dignity

My friend, Maya McNamara, works with at-risk youth. Having been trained in the dignity model, she had an instant reaction to an event that took place among her students when fights broke out between different ethnic groups.

My friend, Maya McNamara, works with at-risk youth. Having been trained in the dignity model, she had an instant reaction to an event that took place among her students when fights broke out between different ethnic groups.