HTI Early Career Orientation Program
HTI began the Early Career Orientation program with a generous grant provided by the Lilly Endowment Inc.
Faculty-Led Team
Elizabeth Conde-Frazier
Coordinator of Relations with Theological Entities, Association for Hispanic Theological Education (AETH)
Before being Director of the Association for Hispanic Theological Education (AETH), Elizabeth served as dean and vice president of education at Esperanza College of Eastern University in Philadelphia, PA. She has over ten years of experience as an ordained pastor and formerly served as a bilingual teacher in the New York City school system. The Rev. Dr. Conde-Frazier holds a Ph.D. from Boston College and a Master of Divinity degree from Palmer Seminary.
Dr. Margarita Benitez
Executive Director of Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades
Dr. Benitez holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy and graduates with degrees in Hispanic Studies from Vassar College (BA), Middlebury College (MA), and Columbia University (Ph.D.). At the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Dr. Benítez was a professor of literature and humanities and chancellor of UPR’s Cayey Campus, and acting chancellor of UPR’s Humacao campus. In 2018, she returned to Puerto Rico after being appointed executive director of the Puerto Rico Endowment for the Humanities, the first woman to lead the nonprofit organization.
Faculty
Dr. Xochitl Alvizo
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the area of Women and Religion and the Philosophy of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality, California State University, Northridge.
(2021)
Rev. Dr. Victor Aloyo Jr.
President, Columbia Theological Seminary
(2021)
Edwin Aponte
Dean, Drew University
(2019)
Dr. Chris Cavanaugh
President, Pathseekers II, Inc.
(2019)
María Del Socorro Castañeda
Co-Founder & Chief Education Officer Becoming Mujeres, California
(2022)
Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo
Associate Dean for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Professor of Latina/o Studies and Religion, Williams College
(2021)
Mary Labrada
Senior Instructional Designer at Rutgers University’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Unit
(2020)
Dr. Hosffman Ospino
Associate Professor of Hispanic Ministry and Religious Education, Chair, Department of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, Boston College
(2018, 2021)
Evangelina Morales
Instructional Designer and Spanish teacher/ Diversity coordinator for Prestonwood Christian Academy
(2021, 2022)
Dr. Luis Pedraja
President of Quinsigamond Community College
(2019, 2021)
Carla Roland
Rector, The Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy, NYC; Affiliated Professor of Church History at General Seminary
(2022)
Christopher D. Tirres
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University
(2021, 2022)
Michael Thomson
Acquisitions and Development Editor at Wipf and Stock
(2021)
Héctor M. Varela-Rios
Assistant Professor of Theology at Villanova University
(2022)