HELM Board Chair Awarded AAR Regional Development Grant

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