Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD

Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD, is a professor at Seattle University and teaches in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. She serves as Executive Director of the Institute for Thought and Culture, holds the Malcolm and Mari Stamper Endowed Chair in Catholic Intellectual and Cultural Traditions, and co-chairs the Laudato Sí Action Platform Steering Committee. Dr. Rodriguez is the author of several books and articles concentrated in the areas of U.S. Hispanic theology, theologies of liberation, peacebuilding, and women’s spirituality. Her works include Our Lady of Guadalupe: Faith and Empowerment among Mexican American Women (1994); Stories We Live (1996); co-editor with Dr. Maria Pilar Aquino and Dr. Daisy Machado of A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology (2002); co-authored with Dr. Ted Fortier on Cultural Memory: Resistance, Faith and Identity (2007); A Clan Mother’s Call (2017), and most recently co-authored with Dr. Sharon Callahan Women Called to Catholic Priesthood: From Ecclesial Challenge to Spiritual Renewal (2024). She has served as board member for the Academy of Hispanic Theologians in the United States, and as Vice Chair for Pax Christi USA. Rodriguez holds a Ph. D. in Religion and the Personality Sciences from the Graduate Theological Union (1990), Berkeley, California.