Meet Denise

Denise Daniels is the inaugural Hudson T. Harrison Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at Wheaton College (IL). Previously she was a Professor of Management at Seattle Pacific University, where she also served as the Associate Dean and Interim Dean in the School of Business, Government, and Economics (SBGE), and as the university’s Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives.

Denise earned her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College (IL) where she majored in business/economics and psychology, and her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Washington. Her scholarly interests include meaningful work, Sabbath, leadership, gender, and motivation. Denise has produced a number of Faith & Co. films, which are designed to deepen connections between faith and work (www.faithand.co). She has co-authored several books including, Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work (Hendrickson, 2019) and Religion in a Changing Workplace (Oxford, 2024). She has another book under contract called Working for Better (IVP, 2025). The two most recent books are based on a 5-year $1.8 million research project on which she was the co-principal investigator, examining how people in the United States understand and engage their faith at work.

Denise is an outside board member for Investortools, a FinTech company creating investment system solutions for institutional investors. She also serves on the board of the Theology of Work Project, an independent international non-profit that creates and curates biblical, theological, and pastoral resources related to work.