HTI Open Plaza

'The Border is the Cross': Jornada por la Justicia 13.04.2020 35:32 ↓

Dr. Jeremy Cruz and Dr. Victor Carmona , who both teach theology and religious studies, talk about what’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border, and about the work churches and local communities have taken on to help migrants. In the fall of 2019, Dr. Cruz and Dr. Carmona both participated in La Jornada por la Justicia in El Paso, TX and in Ciudad Juarez, MX. The pilgrimage was organized by Catholic...

Sintiendo la ausencia y presencia de Dios en tiempos de crisis 31.03.2020 16:24 ↓

La Dra. Doris García-Rivera y la Rvda. Lydia Hernández-Marcial concuerdan en que, en medio de una crisis, la naturaleza humana es preguntar, ¿Dónde está Dios? Plantean que las tribulaciones igual nos presentan una oportunidad para acercarnos más a Dios y profundizar no solo nuestra conexión espiritual sino también con la humanidad. A pesar de que Puerto Rico sigue recuperándose de las réplicas del...

Crescent over Knoxville: Teaching Islam in the “Sort of South” 09.03.2020 12:37 ↓

In this episode of HTI Open Plaza, Dr. Angela Tarango and Dr. Manuela Ceballos discuss what it's like to teach Islam in Tennessee. What challenges does a Colombian-born professor Dr. Ceballos face when teaching Islam to military veteran students at a state university in the South? How are certain religious sounds racialized and, as in the case of call to prayer, what negative consequences can this...

En conjunto: LGBTQ Issues in the Church and in the Academy 23.02.2020 26:28 ↓

In this pedagogical methods conversation, Dr. Xochitl Alvizo and Dr. Matilde Moros discuss their teaching of gender, sexuality and women’s studies. They each share how they navigate their individual experience of LGBTQ Latinx family lives and their religious studies backgrounds when teaching undergraduate classes.

Chisme and its Cultural Importance 10.02.2020 29:56 ↓

Chisme, bochinche, tea —whatever you call it, gossip has a cultural importance in our communities. Dr. Neomi DeAnda, Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo, and Dr. Matilde Moros dish on what Dr. DeAnda describes as communication behavior that functions to “reveal what is missing in social systems or when someone steps outside the boundaries of social systems".

Motherhood and the Academy 27.01.2020 24:46 ↓

Dr. Matilde Moros and Dr. Melissa Pagán discuss their experience as mothers in graduate school and, later, as professors.