Hispanic Theological Initiative

Too often, academic writing is imagined as a solitary endeavor. But what happens when scholars think, write, and discern their vocation in community?

Join HTI for "Teología Vivida: Early-Career Scholars on Latine Lived Theology," a panel featuring emerging scholars whose work is shaped not only by rigorous research but by the communities, cultures, and lived experiences that inform their theological imagination.

As part of HTI's Professional Development Conference, this conversation offers a glimpse into how scholarship flourishes when ideas are cultivated en conjunto—through dialogue, collaboration, mentorship, and shared reflection.

📅 Tuesday, June 23
🕖 7:00–8:30 PM ET
📍 Erdman Center, Cooper Conference Center
20 Library Place, Princeton, NJ
💻 Virtual access available via Zoom: https://bit.ly/4emaDtl (Passcode: 221282)

Come hear how the next generation of scholars is reimagining theological education, vocation, and scholarship in community and share amongst your network!

A great mentor can transform a scholar's journey. What phrase would you use to define a transformative mentoring relationship? Please share in the comments! 💭

As HTI concludes its Mayo de Mentores series, take a moment to read Joryán Hernández's reflection on his mentoring relationship with Dr. Elaine Padilla—a dynamic duo whose quote reminds us why mentorship matters. 🤝

🎧 Calling all educators, mentors, and scholars, HTI Open Plaza offers resources for your classroom. Share this research on the power of dialogue in shaping theological imagination.

In this episode of OP Talks on HTI Open Plaza, Catholic theologian Dr. Hosffman Ospino sits down with his mentee César “CJ” Baldelomar for a conversation that moves between reflection, inquiry, and the unfolding of mentorship as a vital space for intellectual formation and deeper understanding.

Listen to this 50-minute episode while commuting, running errands, or moving through your day: https://www.htiopenplaza.org/content/theological-imagination-in-education

HTI mentors support scholars not only in the academy, but in life as a whole.

For HTI’s Mayo de Mentores series, read HTI scholar Natalie Lucia Romero Matias’ reflection on how mentorship from Dr. Ahida Pilarski has supported her throughout her PhD journey and helped reaffirm her sense of purpose in the field.

🤝📚 Mentorship can make all the difference in navigating academic life.

In Mentorship in the Academy, Dr. Victoria Pérez Rivera and Dr. Sophia Magallanes reflect on the practical and personal support that mentorship provides throughout the PhD journey, from guidance and encouragement to navigating challenges within the academy.
Their piece highlights how mentorship helps scholars build confidence, sustain their work, and imagine new possibilities for their future.

🔗 Listen here: https://www.htiopenplaza.org/content/mentorship-in-the-academy

💬 What is one way mentorship has supported your academic or professional journey?

Please help HTI and Southern Methodist University in congratulating Dr. Noemi Vega Quiñones, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Mexican Migrant Women’s Agency: A Collective Pursuit of Flourishing through Faith and Coraje” on May 01, 2026. Congratulations, Dr. Vega Quiñones! 🎉👏

📚 What happens when a mentor sees possibilities in your work that you had not yet imagined?

Here is an example of how HTI’s mentoring through Dr. Mayra Rivera impacted Damien Domenack’s PhD journey. 🎓

We also invite you to honor a mentor who impacted your life by sharing a brief reflection and photo through the Journeys form. 🤝

Submit under the “Personal Reflection” section here:
https://bit.ly/4d5obJa

The En Conjunto Association (ECA) kindly invites you to attend our upcoming Cafecito Hour. This is a space to come together in community. You're warmly invited to bring a brief case study or situation from your work/life that you may want to resource.

We’ll have space together to reflect, connect, and learn! Please RSVP by scanning the QR code or using this link: https://bit.ly/4uLSZoq

🎓 Behind every graduation milestone is a mentor who helped make it possible.

As part of HTI’s 30th Anniversary, HTI’s Mayo de Mentores highlights how mentorship not only helps scholars persist, but also accompanies, encourages, and shapes leadership, vocation, and long-term impact in theological and religious education.

This graduation season, we invite students, graduates, and HTI community members to share a brief reflection and photo honoring a mentor who influenced their journey and helped sustain them along the way.

💬 Who helped guide and encourage you during your journey?

Together, these stories will help resource and encourage future generations of scholars and leaders.

Submit under the “Personal Reflection” section of HTI’s Journeys form:
https://bit.ly/4d5obJa