César J. Baldelomar

A scholar with wide-ranging interests, César “CJ” Baldelomar is a doctoral candidate in Theology and Education at Boston College. His research blends critical theory (especially postmodernism and poststructuralism) and decolonial thought, exploring how knowledge production (epistemology, theory, and scholarship) and consumption (teaching and learning) inform the formation of identities (ontologies) and communities. His work seeks to find different ways to imagine and talk about the self and about justice in an effort to envision personal, social (including international), and educational ethical paradigms that could serve as possible sites of resistance to visible and invisible forms of oppression.

A sought-after speaker on issues ranging from environmental migration to best practices of learning and teaching (especially in theological education) to cosmologies and identities, CJ has presented at numerous conferences, retreats, and workshops across the United States and around the world. In addition to working on his dissertation, titled “Not Out of the Dark Night,” CJ is also at work on his first book, Fragmented Theological Imaginings, to be published by Convivium Press in late 2024 as part of the New Horizons in Hispanic Catholic Theology series. He currently teaches theology courses at Boston College and is Visiting Lecturer in Religion at Mount Holyoke College.

In July 2024, CJ will begin a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of Theology at Saint Mary’s College of California (Moraga, CA, USA).