Joanne Rodriguez

Executive Director of the Hispanic Theological Initiative | Princeton Theological Seminary

Rev. Joanne Rodríguez, is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, and the Executive Director of the Hispanic Theological Initiative and the Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) since 2002. The HTI consortium holds a membership of twenty-four PhD granting institutions whose purpose is the academic and professional development of Hispanic intellectual leaders as faculty in the academy, and thus, as role models to inspire Hispanic students to aspire and achieve success to the full extent of their abilities. During her tenure, HTI established the consortium in 2008, fundraised over $18 million, and helped graduate over 161 PhD students in an average time to degree of 5.5 years, holding a graduation rate over 93%. HTI has developed a collaborative enterprise that has grown its programming to support graduates in their early career development, and in the summer of 2020 launched a Latina Leadership Program for mid-level Latina faculty and leaders to position themselves for deanships and presidencies. Rev. Rodriguez believes in “en conjunto” partnerships to do impactful and result-driven transformational work. She holds an MDiv. 1999, and a ThM. 2002, in homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary. She writes, and speaks throughout the nation regarding the educational development of Hispanic students in PhD studies. She is an ordained minister since 2011 in the Presbyterian Church USA, and she serves in different capacities at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey.