EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA., 2019
- Focus: Process Philosophy, Religion, Continental Thought
- Dissertation: “Open Receptacles: Imagination in Continental and Process Thought, and the Opening of Religious Pluralism”
- Dissertation Chair: Roland Faber
Master of Arts in Religion, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA 2016
Comprehensive Examinations
- Process Philosophy & Theology
- Liberation Theologies: Black, Ecology, Latino, Queer
- Comparative Theologies: Christianity, Indian Religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism), Islam
- Postmodernism & Poststructuralism: Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, Baudrillard, Caputo
Sacred Theology Masters, Drew Theological School, Madison, NJ., 2010
- Process Thought, Philosophy, Ecology
- Thesis: “Kabash as Diffraction”
Master of Divinity, New York Theological Seminary, New York, NY, May 2008
Master of Arts, New Testament Studies, Alliance Theological Seminary, Rockland, NY, May 2004
Bachelor of Technology, College of Aeronautics, Flushing, NY, May 1996
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYMENT
Graduate Director of Student Life and Community Engagement, April 2022 – Present
Katz School of Science and Health, Yeshiva University
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2022, Summer 2023
Dr. Mordecai D. Katz Associate Program, Yeshiva University
- Courses: Introduction to Philosophy, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, July 2019 – May 2022
Director of Information Literacy and Library Services
New York Theological Seminary
- Courses: Intro to Theological Education, Practice of Prophetic Ministry, Rethinking Theological Imagination, Eco-Theology, Introduction to Theology (Systematic Theology), Queer Theologies, Introduction to World Religions, Multifaith Critical Interpretation Seminar, Religious Pluralism, Truth and the Pluralist Imagination, Redefining the Human Self: A Theological Anthropology
Adjunct Faculty, Fall/Spring 2016-2019
New Theological Seminary of the West
- Course: Doctoral Level Course: Critical Interpretation for Ministry (Hybrid)
Lecturer, Theology and Religious Studies, Spring/Fall 2017/2018
University of San Diego
- Course: Introduction the Catholic Theology (2x)
Teaching/Research Assistant, Fall/Spring 2014-2016
Claremont School of Theology
- Courses: Whitehead and Deleuze, Creation Theology, Baha’i Faith, Body Theology, Mysticism, Systematic Theology (Class, Online)
Adjunct Faculty, 2010-2011
Sing Sing Correctional Facility
- Course: Introduction to Old/New Testament
CHAPTERS
“Recollection, Renewal and Transformation: The Technical Image in Process.” In God and World in Crisis, edited by Jeffery Long, Roland Faber, n.d., FORTHCOMING
“Hospitality, Mutual Immanence and Creativity: A Process Engagement with Kärkkäinen’s Hospitality and Religious Dialogue.” In The Dialogic Evangelical Theology of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen: Exploring the Work of God in a Diverse Church and a Pluralistic World, edited by Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Patrick Oden, Amos Yong. Fortress Academic, 2022.
PAPERS
“Process, Technological Loss of Symbol, and the Pursuit of an Ecological Symbol of Hope” Religions International Journal, Forthcoming
“Aesthetics and Value in Ecstatic and Process Naturalism” 2016 American Philosophical Association Meeting, March 2016
“Whitehead’s Constructive Metaphysics for an Emerging Jain Diaspora Community” Sramana Journal, July 2013
“Signs of the Beautiful: Aesthetics in Ecstatic and Process Naturalism” Third International Congress on Ecstatic Naturalism, Drew University, April 2013
“Editorial: Sociology of Migration.” Journal of World Christianity, 2010
- AWARDS
- Fellowship, Wabash Center, Early Career Teaching Project, 2021-2022
- Fellowship, Wabash Center, Early Career LatinX Faculty, 2020-2021
- Dissertation Fellowship, Hispanic Theological Initiative, 2016-2020
- Comprehensive Exams, Hispanic Theological Initiative, 2015-2016
- Scholarship, Disciples Seminary Foundation, 2011 – 2019
BOOK REVIEWS
For Our Common Home: Process-Relational Responses to Laudato Si’, Journal of World Christianity, 2017
The Aesthetics and Ethics of Faith, Perspectivas Journal, 2016
JOURNALS
Co-editor, Journal of World Christianity, January 2015 – March 2023
Managing Editor, Journal of World Christianity, September 2008 – December 2014
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE
American Academy of Religion (AAR), 2008 – 2021
American Philosophical Association (APA), 2016 – 2023
Center for Process Studies, 2011 – present
Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI), 2015-2021
LANGUAGES
| Spanish Greek (working knowledge) | Hebrew (working knowledge) French (working knowledge) |
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