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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.

Professional activities

American Academy of Religion

• 2018 - Present: Status of Women in the Profession Committee
• 2010 – 2015: Co-Chair of Latina/o Religion, Culture and Society Group
• 2008 – 2010: Committee member of Latina/o Religion, Culture and Society Group
• 2003 – present: Student Member

Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States

• 2018 - Present: President-Elect
• 2017 - 2018: Vice President
• 2016 - 2017: Board Member-at-Large
• 2011 – 2015: Treasurer
• 2011 – present: Active Member
• 2010 – 2011: 2011 Colloquium Committee Member
• 2007 – 2009: Associate Member Representative to the Board of Directors
• 2003 – 2011: Associate Member

Catholic Theological Society of America

• 2011 – 2012: Active Member
• 2009 – 2011: Student Member

Selected publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

DeAnda, N. (Winter 2022) “Latinas, Labor, Catholic Teaching, and Cars” Critical Theology Journal. Vol.4 no. 2.

DeAnda, N. (2021). “Images of María de la Leche 1600- Present” Perspectivas.

DeAnda, N. (2021). Medina, N. tr. “Imágenes de María de la leche 1600—al presente” Perspectivas.

DeAnda, N. (2020). Together en la Lucha: ACHTUS 2019 Presidential Address. Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, 21(2), 1-9. https://repository.usfca.edu/jhlt/vol21/iss2/2/

DeAnda, N. (2019). Truly Grateful for Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Teaching Theology and Religion, 22(1), 70 - 72.

DeAnda, N., Medina, N., (2014). “The Economy of Solidarity”; Translation of José Jorge Santiago Santigo, “Economía de Solidaridad”. Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology.

Cruz, J., DeAnda, N., Medina, N. (2013). Respondiendo a las demandas históricas: Analyses of the Transformative Legacy of Samuel Ruiz García of Chiapas, México. Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, 19(1), 2 - 8. www.latinotheology.org

DeAnda, N. (2011). “Dame Chisme, Dame Chocolate: Reflections on God, Life and Gossip in Telenovelas”. Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology 18(2).

Edited Journal Volume

DeAnda, N., Medina, N., Cruz, J. V. (2013). Guest Editor. In Cavazos-Gonzalez, G. (Ed.), Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology: Samuel Ruiz 19(1) (pp. 1 - 67). Chicago: http://www.latinotheology.org/2013/06issue

Book Chapters

DeAnda, N. (Forthcoming) “A Woman’s Leadership in Seventeenth-Century Mexico”, in Pilarski, A., ed. Daughters of Wisdom: Women and Leadership in the Global Church. Studies in World Catholicism. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. (under contract).

DeAnda, N. (2020). Ferramentas para negociar o racismo de fronteiras próximas: Migrações e a Música de Selena. In Bingemer, M. C. (Ed.), Teopoetica. Rio de Janiero: Editora PUC Rio.

DeAnda, N. (2019). Latina Feminist and Mujerista Theologies. In Rosario Rodriguez, R. (Ed.), T & T Clark Companion To Political Theology. London: Bloomsbury.

DeAnda, N. (2018). Day 67, Letter 67. In Weiss, A. L., Weinberger, L. M. (Eds.), American Values Religious Voices (1st ed., pp. 105). Cincinnati, Ohio: University of Cincinnati.

Medina, N., DeAnda, N. (2018). Teología en y de conjunto. In Lamport, M. A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South. New York: Roman and Littlefield.

DeAnda, N. (2017). Miscarriage Matters, Stillbirths' Significance, and the Tree of Many Breasts. In Gandolfo, E. (Ed.), Parenting as Spiritual Practice and Source for Theology: Mothering Matters. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

DeAnda, N. (2015). In Medina, N., Alfaro, S. (Eds.), History, Renewal, and El Camino de la Leche. Hampshire: Palgrave McMillen.

DeAnda, N. (2015). Jesus the Christ. In Espin, O. (Ed.), Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Latino/a Theology. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.

Magazine/Trade Publications

DeAnda, N. (2021). “Life as a Lay Marianist” New York: NY: Commonweal Magazine, November.

DeAnda, N. (2021). “Mary in Fratelli Tutti” International Organization of Marianist Lay Communities Newsletter, July.

DeAnda, N. (2020). Reconsidering Chisme, An Open Letter to Pope Francis. New York: NY: Commonweal Magazine. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/reconsideringchisme?utm_content=buffer6073b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

• Republished La Croix International (Dec. 9, 2020) https://international.la-croix.com/news/religion/reconsidering-chisme/13471
• Republished COMMONWEAL Conversation Starter Series 2020 – 2021 (Oct. 20, 2021). Commonweal Magazine, p. 34 – 36.

DeAnda, N. (2020). Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM, Tr. Reconsiderando el ‘chisme,’ construyendo un diálogo más inclusivo. Princeton, New Jersey: HTI Open Plaza. https://www.htiopenplaza.org/content/reconsiderando-el-chisme-construyendo-un-dialogo-mas-inclusivo

DeAnda, N. (2016). Mr. Obama, Tear Down This Wall - The Meaning of Pope Francis' Visit to the Border. Philadelphia, PA: Political Theology Today. http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/mr-obama-tear-down-this-wall-the-meaning-of-pope-francis-visit-to-the-border/

DeAnda, N. (2016). The Treasure of Hispanic Catholicism (Spring 2016, no vol. number, pp. 18). Chestnut Hill, MA: C21 Resources. https://issuu.com/church21c/docs/c21_spring_2016_resources__the_trea

Selected presentations

Invited Lecture or Address

DeAnda, N. “What is Marianist about Our University Education”, Association of Marianist Universities Symposium, June 14, 2022.

DeAnda, N. “Response to Border Theologies”, Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, June 7, 2022.

DeAnda, N. “Early Career Navigation”, Vocation of the Theological Educator of the Louisville Institute, May 28, 2022.

DeAnda, N. “Surviving and Thriving Comprehensive Exams and Dissertation Writing”, Vocation of the Theological Educator of the Louisville Institute, May 27, 2022.

DeAnda, N. “Methodological Implications of Chisme”, Chisme Symposium, University of Dayton, May 26, 2022.

DeAnda, N. “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, Chisme Symposium, University of Dayton, May 13, 2022.

DeAnda, N. “Bridge-Building in and across Catholic Institutions of Higher Education”, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Women Executive Leaders Pre-Conference for National Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2022. Invited.

DeAnda, N. “Introduction to Latina Theology.” First United Methodist Church of Boulder Theologian in Residence, Oct. 10, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “Spirit of Community: Forced Vulnerability, the Little Details as Realized Hope, and Lament as Prophetic Protest – Response to James F. Keenan, S.J.” Duquesne University Fourteenth Annual Holy Spirit Lecture, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Oct. 4, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “Breast Milk as a Theological Image” First United Methodist Church of Boulder Theologian in Residence, Sept. 18, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “Teología y Pastoral de y en Conjunto as Pedagogical Method” Marian University, Indianapolis, Indiana, Sept. 3, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “Latinas, Labor, Catholic Teaching, and Cars” Catholic Women’s Consultation on Constructive Theology and CTSA, online, June 10, 2021.

DeAnda, N. Lumen Christi Institute, Chicago, “Latina Christology”, May 18, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “Dialogue and the Common Good in Fratelli Tutti”, La Salle University John XXIII Pacem in Terris Lecture, Philadelphia, March 30, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “Racism and Health: A Deeper Delve into this Conversation Theologically”, University of the Incarnate Word, Pierre Lecture, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 9, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “The Future of Community and Sacramental Life” Commonweal Conversations: Reimagining U.S. Catholicism Today, Oct. 26, 2020.

DeAnda, N. Warren-Dennis Lecture, New Brunswick Theological Seminary , New Brunswick, New Jersey, "Migrations, Borders, and Theologies", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Published in proceedings, April 4, 2020 – Cancelled due to COVID-19.

DeAnda, N. Inaugural Lecture, Centro Sofia para la Reflexión Teológica, el Acompañamiento Espiritual y la Accion Social de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico, “Mujer, Politíca, y Fe”, Presenter/Lecturer, Feb. 11, 2020 – Postponed due to severe weather then cancelled due to COVID-19.

DeAnda, N. Marianist Lay Community Meeting, Micah Theotokos Marianist Lay Community, Dayton, Ohio, "Mary and Migrations", Presenter/Lecturer, Non-Academic, Local. (Oct. 25, 2019).

DeAnda, N. North American Community: Uniting for Equity, North American Community: Uniting for Equity, "A Day When Peace was Used as a Weapon to Silence Shouts for Justice", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Invited. (Sept. 14, 2019).

DeAnda, N. Hispanic Ministry Training, St. Mary's University Campus Ministry, San Antonio, Texas, "Latina Catholic Religious History for Ministry", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, National, Invited. (June 9, 2019).

DeAnda, N. Hispanic Ministry Training, St. Mary's University Campus Ministry, San Antonio, Texas, "Latina Theology for Ministry", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, National, Invited. (June 9, 2019).

De Anda, N. Together en la lucha: Seeking Justice Through Human Rights?, Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, Dayton, Ohio, "Presidential Address", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Published elsewhere, Invited. (June 4, 2019).

DeAnda, N. Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Anaheim, California, "Marias de la leche", Presenter/Lecturer, Non-Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Published elsewhere, Invited. (March 23, 2019).

DeAnda, N., Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Anaheim, California, "Teologia Latina", Presenter/Lecturer, Non-Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Published elsewhere, Invited. (March 22, 2019).

DeAnda, N. Hispanic Ministry Training, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, "Tools from Latinoa Theology for Hispanic Ministry Today", Presenter/Lecturer. (June 17, 2018).

DeAnda, N. Hispanic Ministry Training, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, "What it Means to be a Latina Theologian", Presenter/Lecturer. (June 16, 2018).

DeAnda, N. Global Voices Symposium, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, "Perspectives from a Latina Faculty Member", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Local, Published in proceedings. (Jan. 24, 2018).

DeAnda, N. Invited Lecture or Address, San Antonio Religion Scholars, San Antonio, Texas, "Jesus the Christ", Respondent/Discussant. (Oct. 27, 2017).

DeAnda, N. University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, "Immigrants and Social Justice: A Theological Response", Presenter/Lecturer. (Oct. 25, 2017).

DeAnda, N. Inaugural Escobedo Lecture, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas, "Inmigrantes y Justicia Social: Una respuesta teológica", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Local, Published elsewhere, Invited. (Oct. 24, 2017).

DeAnda, N. Hispanic Leadership, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, "Our Stories and Our Vocation", Keynote, Non-Academic, National, Invited. (June 10, 2017).

DeAnda, N. Hispanic Leadership, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, "History as Part of the Latina Theological Story", Keynote, Non-Academic, National, Invited. (June 9, 2017).

DeAnda, N. Ministry and Martyrdom of Oscar Romero, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, Dayton, Ohio, "Sintiendo con la iglesia, Resucitando en el pueblo", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Local, Invited. (March 9, 2015).

DeAnda, N. La Comunidad, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, "A Theology of Breast Milk: A Synopsis", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Invited. (Nov. 21, 2014).

DeAnda, N. Resourcing Faculty Latinamente, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, "Using Spanish Language Books in Classes", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Local, Invited. (Oct. 24, 2014).

DeAnda, N. Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, "Spanish Language Book Grant Lecture: Latin American Women", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Local, Invited. (Oct. 21, 2014).

Keynote Addresses

DeAnda, N. “Church in Mission: The Significance of Synodality” Una Iglesia en Misión, The National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors for Hispanic Ministry. (Sept. 22, 2020).

DeAnda, N. Annual Meeting, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, "Nurturing Our Faith", Presenter/Lecturer, National, Published elsewhere, Invited. (April 14, 2013)

Papers

DeAnda, N. “Christological Futures and Esperanza Capirotada”, College Theology Society, June 3, 2022.

DeAnda, N. “Dolores Huerta” Catholic Lay Women, March 12, 2021.

DeAnda, N. “Thinking Across Disciplines through Books” Society of Biblical Literature (December 7, 2020).

DeAnda, N. Annual Meetings, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, "Response to Catholicism, Colonialism, and Race". (Nov. 25, 2019).

DeAnda, N. American Academy of Religion National Meetings, American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, Texas, "Grassroots Sources: The Mexico/USA Border and Religion", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (Nov. 20, 2016).

DeAnda, N. Future of Systematic Theology, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn., "Nuancing the Categorization of the "Nones", Respondent/Discussant, Academic, National, Invited. (Sept. 10, 2016).

DeAnda, N. National Conference, Latina/Latino Studies Association, Pasadena, Calif., "Latinas Fotos y Recuerdos: (Re)Membering Our Stories as Decolonizing Moves", Panel Participant, Academic, National, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (July 8, 2016).

DeAnda, N. Annual Meeting, Catholic Theological Society of America, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "Problematizing the Cultural Move from Sacred to Secular: A Focus on Nuestra Señora de Belén in Puerto Rico", Panel Participant, Academic, National, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Published in proceedings, Accepted. (June 11, 2016).

DeAnda, N. Justice and Mercy, Catholic Theological Society of America, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "Problematizing the Cultural Move from Sacred to Secular: A Focus on Nuestra Señora de Belén in Puerto Rico", Panel Participant, Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Published in proceedings, Accepted. (June 11, 2016).

DeAnda, N. Colloquium, Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "Christologia", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, National, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (June 6, 2016).

DeAnda, N. Latino Americans 500 Years of History Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities & American Library Association, University of Dayton, "Latinas Making History", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Local, Invited. (Feb. 11, 2016).

DeAnda, N. American Academy of Religion National Meetings, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, "Ethnographic Research on Breast Milk", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (Nov. 24, 2015).

DeAnda, N. American Academy of Religion National Meetings, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, "Response to Asian American Women Theologies", Panel Participant, Academic, International, Invited. (Nov. 23, 2015).

DeAnda, N. Campus Cultural Connection, Intersections of Latino and Native American Identities, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, "Orthoproxy and the Codex Borgia", Panel Participant, Academic, Local, Invited. (Oct. 5, 2015).

DeAnda, N. Communities Engaging Mary, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, "Marias de la leche of Latinoa America", Panel Participant, Academic, Local. (Sept. 15, 2015).

DeAnda, N. International Association for the History of Religions, "Reclaiming the Theological Image of Breast Milk in the Americas", Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (Aug. 25, 2015).

DeAnda, N. Preferential Option for Culture in Latin@ Theology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, "Your Cardid del Cobre is not Our Guadalupe, but Let Us Share La Leche", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Invited. (March 25, 2015).

DeAnda, N. American Catholic Historical Association National Meeting, American Catholic Historical Association, Manhattan, "They Do Exist: Images of Maria de la Leche 1600 - Present", Panel Participant, Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (Jan. 4, 2015).

DeAnda, N. (De)colonizing pedagogies project, American Academy of Religion, "Embodiment, Community Partners, and Spirituality: Exploring a Model of Alternative Break Trips", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (Nov. 23, 2014).

DeAnda, N. Latino/a Religion, Culture, and Society Group, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, "Bless Me Ultima: A Response", Respondent/Discussant, Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed. (Nov. 23, 2014).

DeAnda, N. Renewal Across the Americas, Regent University Center for Renewal Studies, Virginia Beach, "History, Renewal, and El Camino de la Leche", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (Feb. 28, 2014).