Arlene M. Sánchez-Walsh, PhD
Professor of Religious Studies
Phone: (626) 277-5022
Alternate: (626) 815-5441
Email: asanchez-walsh@apu.edu

Biography
Arlene M. Sánchez-Walsh, PhD, is a professor of religious studies and the author of the award-winning book Latino Pentecostal Identity: Evangelical Faith, Self, and Society (Columbia University Press, 2003). She has authored more than a dozen articles and book chapters on the subject of Latino/a Pentecostalism, and has served as a media expert for outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and On Being with Krista Tippett, and served as an expert on Latino/a religious history for the PBS series God in America. Sánchez-Walsh’s current writing projects include a textbook on Pentecostalism in America, and a monograph on Latinos/as and the prosperity gospel. Her current research is on the rise of nonbelief among Latinos/as.
Education
- PhD, Claremont Graduate University
- MA, Claremont Graduate University
- BA, California State University, Los Angeles
Academic Area
- School of Theology
- Department of Biblical and Religious Studies
Expertise
- Latino Church Studies
- Pentecostalism
Courses Taught
- PRRS 200 - World Religions
- RELG 200 - World Religions
- RELG 352 - Introduction to Hinduism, South Asian Tradition
- THEO 352 - Church History: Apostolic Era to the Eve of the Reformation
- WRIT 210 - Writing 2: Humanities: Joy & the Christian Tradition