Roberto S. Goizueta

Goizueta has received many awards and titles throughout his career. He was named Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) at Elms College as well as Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) at the University of San Francisco. He once acted as President of both the Catholic Theological Society of America (2004-2005) and the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (1990-1991). In addition to being President, Goizueta was also a Board Member of the Catholic Society of America from 1998-2000. In 1996, he received the honor of being the recipient of the Virgilio Elizondo Award, awarded by the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States. He is currently a professor at Boston College teaching courses in liberation theology, liberation christology, person and social responsibility, theology and culture, theological aesthetics, and U.S. Latino/a theology. His concentrations and field of interests include Latino/a theologies, theology and culture, theological aesthetics, and christology.

Goizueta was born in Havana, Cuba. At the age of six he immigrated to the United States, where he attended high school in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Yale University and graduated with a B.A. in political science. After a short time in law school, he chose to attend Marquette University and pursue an M.A. and Ph.D. in Systematic Theology in 1984, Goizueta was named one of the 10 most influential Hispanic-American educators, pastors, and theologians by The National Catholic Reporter. His works have focused on theological aesthetics, liberation theology, and Latino theology.

Roberto Segundo Goizueta (born December 8, 1954) is a Cuban American Christian theologian currently holding the Margaret O'Brien Flatley Chair in Catholic Theology at Boston College. Some of his specialties include Latino(a) theology and Christology.