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Hispanic Scholars Program

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    Expanding access and opportunity in theological education

    For over 35 years, the Hispanic Scholars Program has provided curricular opportunities at the intersection of religious studies and Latine culture to more than 2,000 students at divinity schools and theological programs across the country. Vanderbilt Divinity School is one of 38 schools who make of the consortium of divinity… Read More

    September 18, 2026

  • Carl Hildebrandt.

    Carl Hildebrand: Sharing academic rigor, community and sports rivalry

    This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are sharing highlights from three Vanderbilt Divinity students who participated in the Hispanic Scholars Program over the summer. In this series, you will hear how the program allowed them to better understand the cultural and faith traditions that inform Hispanic religious scholarship and helped… Read More

    September 18, 2026

  • Sophie Esteves Varvella Vicente

    Sophie Esteves Varvella Vicente: Finding academic spaces as places of cultural recognition

    This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are sharing highlights from three Vanderbilt Divinity students who participated in the Hispanic Scholars Program over the summer. In this series, you will hear how the program allowed them to better understand the cultural and faith traditions that inform Hispanic religious scholarship and helped… Read More

    September 18, 2026

  • Jakaela Davis.

    Jai Davis: Understanding vocation through the Hispanic Scholars Program

    This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are sharing highlights from three Vanderbilt Divinity students who participated in the Hispanic Scholars Program over the summer. In this series, you will hear how the program allowed them to better understand the cultural and faith traditions that inform Hispanic religious scholarship and helped… Read More

    September 18, 2026