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Name:Loida Ivette Martell-Otero
Current address:Palmer Theological Seminary
6 E. Lancaster Avenue
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania19096
Email address:
Educational background:
2005Ph.D.FordhamUniversity
2000M.Phil.FordhamUniversity
1990M.Div.AndoverNewton Theological School
1979D.V.M.TuskegeeUniversity/ School of Veterinary Medicine
1975B.Sc.University of Puerto Rico
Thesis topic:
2005“Liberating News: An Emerging U.S. Hispanic/ Latina Soteriology of the Crossroads”
Comprehensive examination topics:
- Comparison of Protestant, Catholic and Latin American Liberation Soteriologies (Schillebeeckx, Barth and Gutiérrez)
- God and Suffering
- Christian Socialism (with emphasis on Rauschenbusch, King, Jr. and Cone)
Academic Achievements:
2002Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi (for Academic Excellence in Higher Education)
1999Hispanic Theological Initiative Dissertation Year Awardee
1990Graduated with Honors (highest GPA of graduating class), Andover Newton Theological School
Koinonia Award for Excellence in Preaching
Massachusetts Bible Society Award for Excellence in the Public Reading of Scripture
American Bible Society Award for Achievement in Biblical Studies
Russell Chase Tuck Award for Excellence in Biblical Studies
Student Speaker, Commencement Exercises
1988Inducted into Jonathan Edwards Theological Society
1987-1989Scholar of the Fund for Theological Education
1986-1989Leola and George Kelsey Honor Scholarship for Minority Students
1979Graduated with Honors, TuskegeeUniversity
Inducted into Phi Beta Rho (Honor Society)
Matthew Jenkins Award (for being the good citizen)
1978-1979National Dean's List
1976-1979Honor Roll, TuskegeeUniversity
1975Magna cum laude, University of Puerto Rico
Licenses:
1990Ordained, AmericanBaptistChurches/ USA
1989Licensed to preach, Spanish Christian Baptist Church of Soundview, New York City
1979Licensed to practice Veterinary Medicine in Puerto Rico, Georgia, Florida and Alabama
Federally accredited by USDA/APHIS
Professional societies:
2007-presentSouth Jersey American Veterinary Association
1998-presentAmericanAcademy of Religion
Member at large, La Comunidad
1994-1996Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Association for Hispanic Theological Education. President of the Board of Directors of the AmericanBaptistChurches/ Metropolitan New York City
1993-1994Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the American Baptist Churches/ Metropolitan New York City
1991-1994Member of the Executive Council of the Association for Hispanic Theological Education
1980-1983Association for Animal Technician Educators
1979-1996American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)
1979-1988Puerto Rico Veterinary Medical Association (renamed College of Veterinary Medical Doctors of Puerto Rico)
1979-presentAmerican Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Professional experience:
2005-presentAssociate Professor of Constructive Theology, Palmer Theological Seminary
2005Interim pastor, FirstBaptistChurch of the Community, Queens, New York
2000-2001Teaching Fellow, FordhamUniversity
1996-1998Adjunct, Hartford Seminary, Hispanic Certificate Program
1993-1995Adjunct, Hispanic Certificate Program at New York Theological Seminary
1990-1992Adjunct, Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME)/ Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts
1990-2005Associate pastor, Spanish Christian Baptist Church of Soundview, Bronx, New York
1988-1990Coordinator for Student Advisement and Academic Programming; and adjunct faculty for the Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME)/ Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts
1984-1986Acuario Veterinary Clinic; Degetau Animal Hospital in Puerto Rico
1979-1984Assistant professor, Animal Health Technology Program/ Medical Sciences Campus/ University of Puerto Rico
1979-1982Private veterinary medical practice
Courses taught:
Teaching Difficult Topics in Theology (pending)
Theology and a Movie: Survey of Contextual Theologies (English and Spanish)
Seminar on Christology
Critical Analysis in Theological Studies
Theological Foundations for Ministry
Introduction to Latin@ Theologies
Systematic Theology I and II
Faith and Critical Reason
Introducción a la Teología Sistemática
Song of Deborah: Grassroots Women Reflecting Theologically(English and Spanish)
Foundations of Christian Education (English and Spanish)
Teaching Practices and Principles (English and Spanish)
In Animal Health Technology—Anatomy, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Field Practice Supervision, Assistance to Surgery, andClinical Practice
Committees
2009-2010Chair, Palmer Theological Seminary, Diversity Committee
2008-2010Association of Theological Schools Women in Leadership Committee
2007-presentEastern University, Board of Trustees, Ad Hoc Faith and Practice Committee
2007-presentChair, Palmer Theological Seminary, Orlando E. Costas Lectureship Planning Committee
Presentations
2009“Burrito Ministry,” Charge to the Candidate. Ordination of Rev. Rebecca Irwin, Second Baptist Church of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2008“Doctoral Studies as Llamamiento, or How We All Need to be ‘Ugly Betty’”—Church of God/ Cleveland, Tennessee First Summit of U.S. Hispanic Association of Young Scholars.
2007-2009“Career Orientation Workshop,” Hispanic Theological Initiative, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
2007“Nurturing Vocation.” Workshop, American Baptist Churches/ Association of Hispanic Clergy of New York City
“Spanglish Spirituality: An Evangélica Response.” Panel Presentation for installation of Dr. Edwin Aponte as Dean of Lancaster Seminary.
“An Evangélica Response to Dr. Christine Pohl.” Panel Presentation. Association of Theological Schools, Women in Leadership—Living on the Boundaries: Evangelical Women, Feminism, and the Theological Academy.
“Creating a Sacred Space: An Iglesia EvangélicaResponse to Global Homelessness,” for Practical Theology Group Session theme of “Strangers Among Us: Immigrants in the US Church”—American Academy of Religion
2006“La Iglesia y el Ministerio de la Enseñanza.” Workshop, Iglesia Bautista de Pennsauken, New Jersey.
2005“Forging Prophetic Alliances.” Worship Reflection. Association of Theological Schools, Women in Leadership—“Racial/ Ethnic Women and White Women Building Alliances in Theological Education.”
“Latina Women and the Bible.” Workshop. Latina Theologian Pastoralist Conference. Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas.
2004“Contributions to Mujerista/ Latina/ Hispanic Women’s Theologies.” Panel Presentation. Association of Theological Schools, Women in Leadership—“Racial/ Ethnic Women in Theological Education.”
Other
2010(Grant approved) Project director—Consultation and Colloquy, “Latina/o Evangélica/o Pedagogy” at Palmer Seminary. Completion projected for March 2010.
2009-2010Wabash Center, “Teaching and Learning Workshop for Pre-Tenure Faculty of Theological Schools.”
2008-2009Wabash Center,“Teaching Colloquy for Teaching Latino/a Faculty at Colleges, Universities, and Theological Schools.”
Project director—Wabash Center Grant for “Developing Pedagogical ApproachesThat Foster Multicultural/ Multiracial/ Multiethnic Diversity” at Palmer Theological Seminary.
2006-2007Wabash Center,“Colloquy on Fostering Effective Teaching and Learning in Racial/ Cultural Diverse Classrooms.”
Publications
Contract for Latina Evangélicas: A Theological Survey from the Margins, co-authored with Zaida Maldonado Pérez and Elizabeth Conde-Frazier. Oregon: Cascade Books, publication pending.
“Creating a Sacred Space: An Iglesia Evangélica Response to Global Homelessness.” Dialog (submitted November 1, 2009; pending for publication 2010).
“Encuentro con el Jesús Sato: An Evangélica Soter-ology.” In Jesus in the Hispanic Community. Edited by Harold Recinos and Hugo Magallanes. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/ John Knox Press, publication pending.
“Doctoral Studies as Llamamiento, or How We All Need to be ‘Ugly Betty’.” Perpectivas13 (Fall 2009): 84-106.
“Latina Evangélica Theology.” In Hispanic American Religious Cultures. Edited by Miguel de la Torre. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2009.
“Latina/o Theology of Liberation.” In Hispanic American Religious Cultures. Edited by Miguel de la Torre. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2009.
“Latina/o Soteriology.” In Hispanic American Religious Cultures. Edited by Miguel de la Torre. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2009.
“Forging Prophetic Alliances.” In Those Preaching Women: A Multicultural Collection. Edited by Ella Pearson Mitchell and Valerie Bridgman-Davis. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Judson Press, 2008.
“Theological Theme on the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43).” Lectionary Homiletics 19, no. 4 (June/ July 2008): 63-64.
“Theological Theme on the Parables of the Reign of God (Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52).” Lectionary Homiletics19, no. 4 (June/ July 2008): 71-72.
“Review of Ada María Isasi-Díaz’ La Lucha Continues: Mujerista Theology.” Journal of Practical Theology 11, no. 2 (2007): 327-328.
“U.S. Latina Evangélicas.” Co-written with Elizabeth Conde-Frazier. In Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Edited by Rosemary Radford Ruether and Rosemary Skinner Keller. Bloomington: IndianaUniversity Press, 2006.
“Of Satos and Saints: Salvation from the Periphery.” Perspectivas: Occasional Papers (Summer 2001): 7-38.
“Mujeres Hispanas/ Latinas Teologizando: Una Perspectiva Evangélica.” In Más Voces: Reflexiones Teológicas de la Iglesia Hispana. Edited by Luís G. Pedraja. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001.
“Lo Cotidiano: Finding God in the Spaces of the Everyday.” Witness83, no. 12 (December 2000): 21-22.
Co-editor with José D. Rodríguez and contributor. Teología en Conjunto: A Collaborative Hispanic Protestant Theology. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/ John Knox Press, 1997.
“Ordinary Time 30 or Proper 25: October 26, 1997.” The Abingdon Women’s Preaching Annual. Edited by Jana Childers and Lucy Rose. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.
“Ordinary Time 11 or Proper 6: June 15, 1997.” The Abingdon Women’s Preaching Annual. Edited by Jana Childers and Lucy Rose. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.
“Women Doing Theology: Una Perspective Evangélica.” Apuntes 3, no. 14 (Fall 1994): 67-85.
“Lifting Voices, Praising Gifts.” Apuntes 3, no. 13 (Fall 1993): 171-179.
Website
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References
Supplied upon request.
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