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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton

Neomi De Anda is a tenured Associate Professor in the University of Dayton Department of Religious Studies. She teaches courses in religion, languages and cultures, Latinx and Latin American studies, race and ethnic studies and women and gender studies. She is a Human Rights Center research associate. She holds a Ph.D. in Constructive Theology from Loyola University, Chicago. She also has a master’s degrees in Theology (Oblate School of Theology) and Educational Leadership (St. Mary’s University, San Antonio). Dr. De Anda has scholarly presentations, publications and exhibitions on her research interests of LatinoXa Christology; theology and breast milk; chisme; the intersection of race and migrations in conjunction with the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative Immigrant Justice Team; and a border theology at the intersections of the environment, migrations, labor, and women.

She is the recipient of the 2021 University Award for Faculty Teaching; the 2021 University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Service Award for faculty; and the First Book Prize for Minority Scholars from the Louisville Institute, where she now serves on the board. She has also served as “Theologian in Residence” for First United Methodist Church of Boulder and “Scholar in Residence” for the North American Center for Marianist Life (NACMS). She is a past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS). Dr. De Anda also has received various grants from the Hispanic Theological Initiative, the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion and Theology, and the Association of Marianist Universities.

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    Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton