The American Academy of Religion has awarded Dr. Santiago Piñón, of Texas Christian University, and current chair of the board of directors for Higher Education and Leadership Ministries, with a Regional Development Grant. Regional Development Grants provide funds for special projects within the regions that promise the benefit the scholarly and professional life of AAR members and do the work of the AAR regions. We congratulate Dr. Piñón for his work on Acknowledging the Trauma of Gun Violence: A Cooperative Approach and for his ongoing work in the Southwest Region and beyond.
Please click here for the original press release and see below the complete list of winners of the AAR Regional Development Grants:
Mid-Atlantic Region
Sarah Bixler, Eastern Mennonite University
Stacy Williams-Duncan, Learning Forte
Pedagogy Workshop for Hybrid Classrooms
Rocky Mountains-Great Plains Region
Dheepa Sundaram, University of Denver
Amy Balogh, Regis University
Addressing Professional Precarity: Sustainable Professional Development and Pedagogical Resources for the AAR Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region
Southwest Region
Santiago Piñón, Texas Christian University
Acknowledging the Trauma of Gun Violence: A Cooperative Approach
Western Region
Anna Hennessey, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Rebirth and Regeneration Immersive Art Experience at the 2024 Annual Conference of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region