Dr. Elaine Padilla

- Assistant Professor of Constructive Theology
- Director of Assessment

Elaine Padilla is Assistant Professor of Constructive Theology and Director of Assessment at New York Theological Seminary.  A Drew University Ph.D. graduate, she holds an M. Div. from Regent Divinity School, a B.A. from Eugene Bible College, and a B.S. from the University of Florida in Gainesville.  Her research, teaching and writing engage the areas of Process Thought, Latino/a Theologies, Constructive Theologies, Postmodern Philosophies, Ecotheology, Gender Studies, and Women Religious Studies.  Her dissertation, “A Passionate God: Constructing a Theology of Divine Enjoyment,” developed a relational model of the Lover God from feminist, postmodern and process perspectives on enjoyment.  Other writing projects include an essay in Cross Currents entitled “Border-Crossing and Exile: A Latina’s Theological Encounter with Shekhinah,” an upcoming three volume series being co-edited with Peter Phan of Georgetown University on Theology of Migrations, and an upcoming essay on Aquinas and Whitehead in Festschrift for Joseph A. Bracken.  She is currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Hispanic Summer Program, the Executive Secretary of the International Foundation for EWHA Womans University, and as a member of the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession of the American Academy of Religion.  Padilla is a member of the Riverside Church in New York.