Coordinator of Theological Reflection and Research/Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor | Theology, Literature and Languages

Ext. 5382
yamil.samalot@sagrado.edu

Yamil Samalot Rivera, OP is an Assistant Professor in the General Education Unit. His areas of expertise are Theology, Literature, and Languages. His research, academic conferences, and critical publications revolve around the dialogue between dogmatic theology and Brazilian and Caribbean artistic postmodernism. He is a member of the Association of Theology and Literature of Latin America and the Caribbean (ALALITE). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, as well as a Master’s and Doctorate in Luso-Brazilian Studies from Brown University (Rhode Island, USA). He also holds two Master’s degrees in Theology: one in Ministry (MDiv) from the Central University of Bayamón, and another in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Xavierian University of Bogotá, Colombia. He is a Catholic priest and member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans).