We extend our warmest greetings

and heartfelt congratulations to the following Hispanic scholars for the successes they have achieved in recent days:

• Dr. Daisy Machado (HSP faculty in 1993, 1996 & 2002, former HSP student in 1990, and Chairperson of our Governing Board until 2006) was recently inaugurated as Professor of Church History at our (HSP) sponsor, Union Theological Seminary, in New York. The inauguration included an academic Symposium, and a wonderful scholarly speech -- and ended with an celebratory dancing reception. Daisy was the first Director of our sister institution, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, until 1999, later serving as Academic Dean at another one of our (HSP) sponsors, Lexington Theological Seminary, until she came to Union.
   
• Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi (HSP faculty in 1998 & 2003, and Chairperson of our Governing Board since 2006) has accepted the position of Professor of Global Christianities and Mission Studies at our (HSP) sponsor, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, beginning July 1, 2010. Carlos is currently in the faculty of another one of our sponsors, Columbia Theological Seminary, in Decatur, Georgia, since 1994.
   
• Dr. Mayra Rivera Rivera (HSP faculty in 2008) has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Theology and Latina/o Studies at our (HSP) sponsor, Harvard Divinity School, beginning also on July 1, 2010. Mayra is currently a member of the faculty of yet another of our (HSP) sponsors, Pacific School of Religion, in Berkeley, California. 
   
• Dr. Miguel Díaz (former HSP student in 1993), Professor of Theology since 2004 at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, has been confirmed as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican). President Barack Obama made the announcement on May 27, 2009.
   
• Dr. Zaida Maldonado-Pérez (HSP faculty in 1998, and HSP former student in 1992) was just promoted to Full Professor status at our (HSP) sponsor, Asbury Theological Seminary, where she was Associate Professor of Theology. Zaida was previously Director of our (HSP) sister institution, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, from 1999 to 2002, after serving as Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at another one of our (HSP) sponsors, the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico.
   
• Dr. Edwin Aponte (HSP faculty this past June 2009, and former HSP student in 1992, 97 & 98, among many other HSP functions), now Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean & Professor of Religion and Culture at one of our (HSP) sponsors, Lancaster Theological Seminary, was recently appointed as the newest member of the Board of the Louisville Institute. 
   
• Dr. Leticia Guardiola-Sáenz (HSP faculty in 1997, 2002 & 2005, and former HSP student in 1990), Assistant Professor at Seattle University, successfully defended a few weeks ago, at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, her doctoral dissertation in New Testament, titled "Jesus the Borderlander: Hybridity as Survival Strategy and Model for Political Change - A Cultural Representation from the Gospel of John."
   
• Dr. Daniel Ramírez (HSP faculty in 2007 and former HSP student in 1996 & 97), currently Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University, will assume the position of Assistant Professor of North American Religious History at the University of Michigan in the coming Fall. 
   
• Dr. Juan Hernández, Jr. (HSP faculty for 2010), Assistant Professor of New Testament at Bethel University, just returned to the U.S. from an invitation to make a presentation at the renowned Codex Sinaiticus Conference taking place at the British Library from July 6-7, 2009. Codex Sinaiticus is one of the two most important and earliest surviving copies of the Greek Bible. 
  
• Dr. David Sánchez (HSP faculty in 2006 and former HSP student in 1995), Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, just received this past June, at our (HSP) sponsoring institution Princeton Theological Seminary, the Hispanic Theological Initiative's Annual Book Prize for his book From Patmos to the Barrio: Subverting Imperial Myths (Fortress Press).

        From the Hispanic Summer Program e-newsletter