HTI Faculty

Eli Valentin

Eli Valentin

Lecturer

Eli Valentin serves as lecturer at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and Iona College. He has also taught at the College of New Rochelle, Monroe College, Hunter College and New York Theological Seminary. Valentin is a contributing columnist for Gotham Gazette, largely focusing on Latino politics in New York, and is a frequent guest political analyst at Univision NY and New York 1 News. His writing has also appeared in the Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, the Political Theology Network, City and State NY, and The Living Pulpit. Valentin has served as a political advisor to numerous elected officials across the country and is the editor of Sermons from the Latino/a Pulpit, and author of the forthcoming, Reinhold Niebuhr and Politics (Wipf and Stock). Valentin has also begun work on a manuscript tentatively titled, A History of Latino Politics in New York.