Through trusting student-teacher relationships and safe learning-centered classrooms, I see myself as partnering with my students as they develop into independent scholars living in a globalized world.
Profile
Dr. Dara Delgado serves as Assistant Professor of Religious Studies–Christianity at Allegheny College and was awarded the prestigious AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship for 2018–2019. Her scholarly interests center on the history and theology of American Pentecostalism, with a particular focus on how race, gender, and popular culture intersect within American Christianity in the modern era. These themes converge in her dissertation, "Life, Liberty, and the Practicality of Holiness: A Social Historical Examination of the Life and Work of Ida Bell Robinson."
As a self-identified teacher-scholar, Dr. Delgado is committed to integrating her research into her pedagogical practice. She is deeply invested in creating student-centered learning environments that promote rigorous inquiry, critical thinking, and global awareness. Her approach emphasizes building trusting relationships in the classroom and engaging students in respectful and meaningful dialogue around faith, history, and culture.
Previously, Dr. Delgado taught undergraduate students in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Dayton. Outside of teaching, she is actively involved in her local church and enjoys the arts, spending time with loved ones, and attending live performances.
Courses Taught
- PHL 202 Philosophical & Ethical Issues
- BIB 102 Intro New Testament Literature & Theology
Education
- Ph.D. in Theology | University of Dayton
- M.T.S. in Pentecostal Studies | Tyndale University College & Seminary
- M.A. in Theological Studies | Northeastern Seminary
- B.A. in History | Niagara University
Sample Publications
Selected Publications
“The Practicality of Holiness: A Historical Examination of Class, Race, and Gender within Black Holiness Pentecostalism, Bishop Ida Bell Robinson, and the Mount Sinai Holy Church of America” Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 41 (2019): 50-65.
“The Early Hymnody of the Apostolic Pentecostal Movement” Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity Vol5, No1 (2014): 43-64.
Book Reviews
Powered by Faith: Pentecostal Businesswomen in Harare, edited by Tapiwa Praise Mapuranga ,(Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, 2018) in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Forthcoming, 2019.
The Spirit Driven Church: Signs of God’s Graceful Presence, by Terje Hegertun, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2017) in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 40 (2018), 216-318.
Echoes of Insight: Past Perspectives and the Future of Christian Higher Education, by Patrick Allen and Kenneth Badley (Christian University Press, 2017) in Wabash Center's Reflective Teaching (Fall 2017). Found at https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/book_reviews/echoes-of-insight-past-perspectives-and-the-future-of-christian-higher-education/
Pentecostal Modernism: Lovecraft, Los Angeles, and World-Systems Culture, by Stephen Shapiro and Philip Barnard (Bloomsbury, 2017) in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 39 (2017), 385-387.
Selected Presentations
“Ida Bell Robinson and Black Holiness Denominations” for panel on Twentieth Century American Pentecostal Women in Leadership at the American Society for Church History. Winter Meeting 2020. New York, NY January 2020
“Healing is the Children’s Bread: Healing as Theo-Political Resistance and Survival among Black Holiness Pentecostals in the Urban North during the Migration Era” at the American Academy of Religion National Meetings. San Diego, CA, November 2019
“Three Strikes Against Her-She was Black, a Woman, and a Pentecostal: Ida Bell Robinson and the Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, Inc. (1924-1946)” The 2018 Stander Symposium. University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, April 2018