Allan Cole

Dean of the Steve Hicks School

Dr. Allan Cole (Ph.D. Practical Theology, 2001) serves as Dean of the Steve Hicks School, and as the Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professor in Social Work at University of Texas at Austin. He also serves in leadership at Dell Medical School, as Deputy for Health Humanities and Technology, and as Courtesy Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Cole created the Moritz Center for Societal Impact (CSI) in 2023 to align interdisciplinary efforts in research and scholarship, curriculum and instruction, and community partnerships to solve critical social problems and change lives. He is the creator and moderator of PD Wise, a hub for sharing personal stories, experiences, and wisdom gained from living with Parkinson’s. Dr. Cole is author of or editor of 15 books and dozens of chapters, articles and reviews as a nationally recognized authority on chronic illness, health humanities, bereavement, and the study of spirituality and religion in social work.