HTI Alumni

Field of Study: Religion and Society 

Christopher Tirres is the Michael J. Buckley, S.J. Endowed Chair and Strategic Advisor to the Dean for Mission Integration at Santa Clara University.  He is the author of Liberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the Américas (Fordham University Press, 2025), The Aesthetics and Ethics of Faith: A Dialogue Between Liberationist and Pragmatic Thought (Oxford University Press, 2014), and Religion in the Américas: Trans-hemispheric and Transcultural Approaches, co-edited with Jessica Delgado (University of New Mexico Press, 2025).  He has published and presented widely in the areas of religious studies, philosophy, theology, feminism, and education. Dr. Tirres is an award-winning teacher and the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including major awards from the Ford Foundation, the Louisville Institute, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, and the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning. He was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B.), Harvard Divinity School (M.T.S) and Harvard University (Ph.D.).