Santiago Piñón

Santiago Piñón, Jr. is a theologian and ethicist on the faculty of Texas Christian University since 2011.  His field of expertise is the intersection of religion and law with a focus on the legal construction of the person. Santiago is interested in addressing social issues from a religious perspective, such as immigration, death and grief, and marriage. 

Sangiago teaches courses on Latino/a Religion and Religion and Law in the Religion Department at TCU. Santiago is affiliated with the Women’s and Gender Studies and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies. Santiago is also the Director of the Latino/a Studies Program at TCU. Santiago earned a Ph.D. in 2012 from the University of Chicago, M.Div. 2001 University of Chicago; and a Master’s degree from Abilene Christian University in 1999.