On Thursday, April 4th, the Iliff School of Theology Trustees voted to promote and to tenure two of our esteemed early career faculty members, the Rev. Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi and the Rev. Dr. Eric C. Smith.
Interim Dean Kelsey says, “The accomplishments of each of these two scholars are significant and enlarge the worldview and capacities of their students, colleagues, and readers. It is a privilege to be part of a community of learning and research with them!”
Dr. Lizardy-Hajbi is the first Latina tenured by Iliff and is also the first tenured faculty member on a 12-month contract.
Dr. Lizardy-Hajbi now becomes Associate Professor of Leadership and Formation. She continues as the Director of the Office of Professional Formation and Co-director of the Doctor of Ministry degree. Her most recent book will be released on April 23rd: Unraveling Religious Leadership: Power, Authority, and Decoloniality.
Dr. Smith now becomes Associate Professor of Early Christian Texts and Traditions. He continues as Co-director of the Doctor of Ministry degree. His forthcoming book is Sovereignties, Spaces, Subjects, and Spirits: The Necropolitics of the Acts of the Apostles.