Teresa Delgado, Ph.D.

Dr. Teresa Delgado teaches courses at the intersection of theology and ethics. Her research interests and scholarship engage the experiences of marginalized peoples to articulate a constructive theological/ethical vision. She has published on topics ranging from diversity in higher education, transformational pedagogies, constructive theology and ethics, and justice for racial/ethnic/sexual minoritized persons. Dr. Delgado's book, A Puerto Rican Decolonial Theology: Prophesy Freedom, was published with Palgrave Macmillan in 2017. She is currently working on a manuscript in sexual ethics, titled Loving Sex: Envisioning a Relevant Catholic Sexual Ethic.

• "Loving Sex Latina/mente: Envisioning a Relevant Catholic Sexual Ethic," funded by the Louisville Institute First Book Grant for Minority Scholars, July 2011 through July 2012, work in progress.
• "Dead in the Water...Again," in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Theologians Reflect Upon the American Dream. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Mary McClintock Fulkerson and Rosemary Carbine, eds. Sopher Press, expected 2012.
• "A Journey toward Wholeness, A Journey to God: Physical Fitness as Embodied Spirituality," co-authored with Dr. Tracey C. Greenwood (Eastern University), The Journal of Religion and Health Online, October 2011.
• "This is my body...given for you: Theological Anthropology Latina/mente," in Frontiers in Catholic Feminist Theology: Shoulder to Shoulder. Susan Abraham and Elena Procario-Foley, eds. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2009.
• "Freedom is Our Own: Toward a Puerto Rican Emancipation Theology," in Creating Ourselves: African Americans and Hispanic Americans on Popular Culture and Religious Expression. Benjamín Valentín and Anthony B. Pinn, eds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.
• "Prophesy Freedom: Puerto Rican Women's Literature as a Source for Latina Feminist Theology," in A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology: Religion and Justice. María Pilar Aquino, Daisy Machado and Jeanette Rodríguez, eds. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2002.
• "Calling All Wild Women: Reflections on the Wilderness, Luke 4:1-13" in The Book of Women's Sermons: Hearing God in Each Other's Voices. Lee Hancock, ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.

• Faculty, Taste of Seminary/Common Ground Project
  McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.
• Faculty, Hispanic Summer Program
  Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ.
• Associate Professor, Religious Studies Department
  Iona College, New Rochelle, NY.
• Director, Peace and Justice Studies Program
  Iona College, New Rochelle, NY.
• Adjunct Instructor, Religious Studies Department
  Iona College, New Rochelle, NY.
• Assistant Director, Camper/Parent Communications
  Mount Tom Day Camp, New Rochelle, NY.

• Louisville Institute First Book Grant for Minority Scholars, "Loving Sex Latina/mente," 2011 - 2012.
• Hugh McCabe Award for Social Justice, Iona College, 2010.
• Hispanic Theological Initiative Dissertation Fellowship, 2001 - 2002.
• Daniel Day Williams Fellow (for Outstanding Work in Theology), Union Theological Seminary, 2000 - 2001.
• Fund for Theological Education Fellowship, 1994 - 1996.
• Ph.D. Fellowship, Union Theological Seminary, 1993 - 1996.
• Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 1991 - 1994.
• Magna cum laude, Colgate University, 1988.
• Board of Trustees, WESPAC (Westchester Peace Action Coalition) Foundation, September 2011 - present.
• Alumni Council, Representative to Board of Trustees, Union Theological Seminary, 2010 - present.
• Society of Christian Ethics, 2009 - present.
• Las Hermanas (National Association of Hispanic Women in the Church), 2007 - present.
• Workgroup in Constructive Theology, 2006 - present.
• American Academy of Religion, 2004 - present.
• Hispanic Theological Initiative, 2001 - present.
• ACHTUS (Association of Catholic Hispanic Theologians in the United States), 2001 - present.
• Harlem Initiatives Together (H.I.T.), New York, NY, 1991 - 1996.
• Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1988 - present.