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Neomi De Anda, serves as the Executive Director as the International Marian Research Institute and 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.

Selected publications

Book chapters

DeAnda, N. (2024). In Cavanaugh, W. (Ed.), Commentary on Chapter 6 Fratelli Tutti. Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock.

DeAnda, N. (2023). Cristologia. In Espin, O. O. (Ed.), Wiley Blackwell Companion to. London: Wiley-Blackwell.

DeAnda, N. (2023). A Woman's Leadership in Seventeenth-Century Mexico. In Pilarski, A. (Ed.), Daughters of Wisdom: Women and Leadership in the Global Church. Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock.

Journal Articles

DeAnda, N. Response to Gustavo Gutierrez 50 Years Later. Horizons Journal, 50 (2). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/horizons

DeAnda, N. (2023). Colonial Racism and Decolonizing Possibilities in Context. Concillium, 2023 (No. 1).

Magazine/Trade Publications

DeAnda, N. (2023)., A Reflection for Palm Sunday Woven reflections: sustainability, simplicity, social sin. New York: Commonweal Magazine.

DeAnda, N., Harris, K. (2023)., Nativity Scenes Celebrate Diverse Christmas Culture Around the World Featuring devils, yurts, and Yule Lads, traditional crèche sets can tell unique stories about their communities. New York: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nativity-creche-around-the-world

Other

DeAnda, N. (2024). Academic Blog., ANIMO!: Religious Notes on "Blue Beetle". Crawfordsville, Ind.: Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion and Theology. https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/2024/01/animo-religious-notes-on-blue-beetle/

DeAnda, N. (2023). Academic Blog., Spilling the T: Chisme Call and Response. Crawfordsville, Ind.:. https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/2023/11/spilling-the-t-chisme-call-and-response/

Selected presentations

DeAnda, N., Paper, Colloquium Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, ACHTUS, Dover, Mass., "Synod and Participation", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, International, Invited. (June 10, 2024).

DeAnda, N., Paper, Barbie!, "Am-Bar-Be-Valence and a Hermeneutic of Generosity", Presenter/Lecturer. (March 10, 2024).

DeAnda, N., Workshop, Chisme Symposium, International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio, "What We Don't Talk About: Mary, Women, Eve", Session Chair. (Jan. 24, 2024).

DeAnda, N., Workshop, Mary and Synodality, International Marian Research Institute and Department of Religious Studies, Bergamo Center for Lifelong Learning, "Mary and Synodality", Presenter/Lecturer. (Dec. 15, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Yale University St. Thomas More Center, New Haven Conn., "Mary, Breast Milk, and CELAM". (Dec. 4, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Panel, American Academy of Religion National Meetings, American Academy of Religion Religion, Sport, and Play Section, San Antonio, Texas, "Millenial Gen Z Loteria", Panel Participant. (Nov. 19, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Paper, American Academy of Religion, American Academy of Religion Catholic Studies Section, San Antonio, Texas, "Response to Catholic Studies and Labor", Respondent/Discussant. (Nov. 18, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Escobedo St. John's Bible Endowed Lecture, Center for Catholic Studies, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, "Turning Cheeks? Blue Beetle and Religious Symbols: An Immersive Lecture Experience", Presenter/Lecturer, Academic, Invited. (Nov. 16, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Asamblea de Marianistas Laicos, Society of Mary, Puebla, Mexico, "¿Cómo reciben los congregantes el llamado para misión marianista?". (Aug. 11, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Asamblea Marianistas Laicos de Mexico, Society of Mary, Puebla, Mexico, "¿Cómo reciben los primeros cristianos el llamado a la misión?". (Aug. 11, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Workshop, MEA Formation, Association of Marianist Universities, University of Dayton, "Catholic Intellectual Tradition", Presenter/Lecturer. (June 7, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Aquinas Center, Emory University, "Chisme, Teología y Marginalizaciones", Presenter/Lecturer. (April 12, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Catherine of Sienna Lecture, Aquinas Center of Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., "Chismelogia". (April 7, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Oakley Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Williams College, "Chisme Studies and Epistemologies", Presenter/Lecturer. (March 7, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Invited Lecture or Address, Magnificat Series, North American Center for Marianist Studies, Online, "Universality of Mary", Presenter/Lecturer. (Feb. 23, 2023).

DeAnda, N., Harris, K., Cipolla-McCulloch, C., Workshop, Lay Marianist Symposium, Marianist Lay Communities of North America, St. Louis, Mo., "Using the Marian Library Collection for MLCs", Presenter/Lecturer, Non-Academic, International, Peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (July 27, 2023).