Angel F. Méndez Montoya, O.P., Ph.D. Goya 67 A, Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac. Deleg. Benito Juárez. México, DF (MEXICO)

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1 Angel F. Méndez Montoya, O.P., Ph.D. Goya 67 A, Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac. Deleg. Benito Juárez. México, DF (MEXICO) Born in Mexicali, BC (Mexico) October 07, Languages: Spanish, English, French. BRIEF BIO: Dr. Angel F. Méndez Montoya, holds a B.A. in dance, an M.A. in philosophy, M.A in theology, and M.Div., and a ph.d. in philosophical theology from the University of Virginia. He wrote his dissertation at Cambridge University (UK) as a scholar in residence, and his work was published in 2009 by Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, under the title, The Theology of Food: Eating and the Eucharist. This work was recently nominated for the Michael Ramsey Prize In 2010 this same book was published in Spanish by Editorial JUS, in Mexico City, under the title, Festín del deseo: hacia una teología alimentaria. He currently teaches theology, philosophy and cultural studies at several universities in Mexico City, and gives lectures primarily in Mexico, US, and Europe. ACADEMIC TITLES Ph.D. Philosophical Theology. University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA). Title of doctoral dissertation: Food Matters: Prolegomena to a Eucharistic Discourse. Thesis written at the University of Cambridge (UK) as visiting scholar to the Faculty of Divinities. Defended and approved in Spring Thesis director: John Milbank. The thesis was published under the title The Theology of Food: Eating and the Eucharist by Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, as part of the series Illuminations: Theology and Theory, directed by John Milbank, Catherine Pickstock, and Graham Ward (Oxford, February 2009). Nominated to the prize of theological writing, Michael Ramsey Prize 2011, granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. M.A. in Philosophy: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO). Completion Spring Thesis God and Alterity. (Completed and awarded with Distinction). Published by New Blackfriars/Oxford University, December M.A. in Theology: Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis, MO). Completion Spring Thesis: Christian Theodicy and the Suffering of God. (Completed and awarded with Honors). M.Div. Completion Spring Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis, MO). B.A. in Dance (major) and Philosophy (minor): Completion Spring University of Texas (Austin, TX). Tutorials taken at Oxford Blackfriars (Special Guest Student during ): Body and Gender in the Early Church. Dr. Benedicta Ward, SLG (Michaelmas term 1998). God and Language: The Pseudo-Dyonisius and Jean-Luc Marion. Dr. Denis Minns, OP (Michaelmas Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 1

2 term 1998). Postmodernity and Doctrine of God. Dr. Fergus Kerr, OP (Hilary term 1999). Ecclesiology and Deconstructionism. Dr. Fergus Kerr, OP (Hilary term 1999). Contemporary Issues of Theology. Dr. Philip Kennedy, OP (Trinity term 1999). Seminars taken at Harvard and Boston College (Special Guest Student during Fall Semester 2002) Reading the Trinity Latinamente Dr. Roberto Goizueta [Boston College]. US Liberation Theologies Dr. Roberto Goizueta (Hispanic Liberation Theology), Dr. Shawn Copland (Black Liberation Theology, and Dr. James Nickoloff (Gay/Lesbian Liberation Theology) [Boston College]. Religion and the Latinamerican Imaginations Dr. David Carrasco [Harvard University]. PUBLICATIONS MANUSCRITOS EMERGENTES. El acto de emerger. Editorial column for a bimonthly journal, Conspiratio. (Conspiratio 09, enero-febrero 2011). Festín del deseo: hacia una teología alimentaria (México DF: JUS, 2010). Saber/Sabor. El alimento como medio sensual de significación, cognición y comunicación. Diario de Campo. Nueva época. INAH, UNAM. Julio-Septiembre Witgenstein y la práctica de una teología del espacio intermedio, in Religión y secularización en una sociedad postsecular. UIA, primavera The Theology of Food: Eating and the Eucharist, Wiley-Blackwell. Series Illuminations: Theology and Theory, (Oxford, UK: 2009). Nominated to the prize of theological excellence, Michael Ramsey Prize 2011, granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Pan, hambre, y trascendencia: diálogo interdisciplinario sobre la construcción simbólica del comer. Angel Méndez and Carlos Mendoza (Editors), (México: Universidad Iberoamericana, 2009). The Making of Mexican Molli and Alimentary Theology in the Making. In Creating Ourselves: African Americans and Hispanic Americans on Popular Culture and Religious Expression. Anthony Pinn and Benjamín Valentín (Eds). (Durham: Duke University Press, 2009). Verschiedenheit und Integration. Latina-Theologien in den USA, in Wort und Antwort (Berlin: April-June 2009). El banquete de Sofía: una visión de la comunidad erótico-agapéica. In Cristianismo posmoderno o postsecular? Por una interpretación teológica de la modernidad tardía. Carlos Mendoza Álvarez, (Ed), (México: Universidad Iberoamericana, 2008). Catholicism in Latin America in The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism (Oxford: Wiley- Blackwell, 2007). Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 2

3 Divine Alimentation: Gastroeroticism and Eucharistic Desire in Concilium (2005/2). Flesh in Flux: Theology and Dancing Bodies. Translated into German as Fleisch in Bewegung: Die Theologie und die tanzenden Körper (Wort und Antwort April/June 2005) Preaching Salvation in a Postmodern World. In Salvation in Diversity: Dominican Contributions to a Contextual Theology in Europe. (Berlin: Lit, 2004) Nahrung für das Denken. Gott: Banquete de los Sentidos - Festmahl für Die Sinne Wort und Antwort (Brussels: Summer 2002) No. 43, pp God and Alterity New Blackfriars (Oxford, UK: 1999) Vol. 80 No. 946 pp Forthcoming Publications: The Viscisitudes of the Margins: An HIV/AIDS Theological Journey, Cross Currents, Spring Co-editor of the book, In Memoriam of Edward Schillebeeckx (Berlin: Chenu Institute of Theology, Summer 2012). LECTURES, CONFERENCES, COLLOQUIUMS, SYMPOSIUMS August 2, Public Lecture at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. Title: Theology and Dance: Flesh in Flux. May 25, Annual Lecture at Blackfriars, Oxford (UK). Title: The Eucharist and Poverty: Learning from the Conversion of Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas. March 22, Book Presentation: Festín del deseo at Universidad Panamericana. March 5, Book Presentation: Festín del deseo at Palacio de Minería, at Feria Internacional del Libro. February 26, Book Presentation: Festín del deseo en el Templo de Santo Domingo, para la Cátedra Santo Domingo. February 24, Book Presentation: Festín del deseo en Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM. February 27, Book Presentation: Festín del deseo en la Universidad Iberoamericana. January 22, Book Presentation: Festín del deseo en Casa Xitla. November-December, Series of 4 conferences at Université de Perpignan, France, en la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines. Conference Titles: Saveur/savoir: le sentiment du goût et l Eros cognitif, Théologie politique de l individu: Le Festin de Babette, Théologie Queer. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 3

4 December Lecture at the V Theological Symposium for Dominicans in Europe. In Memoriam Edward Schillebeeckx, OP. Münster, Germany. Lecture title: Performing the Reign of God: the Mystical and the Political Co-Existing in Edward Schillebeeckx philosophical theology. October 5, Main Speaker at University of San Diego (San Diego, CA, USA). Title: The Making of Mexican Molly and Alimentary Theology in the Making. September V Colloquium on Neuro-Humanities UNAM-UIA-CLAUSTRO DE SOR JUANA. Paper: Saber/Sabor: El Sentido del Gusto y el Eros Cognitivo. At Universidad Claustro de Sor Juana. April Spring Institute on Lived Theology, Theology, Migration, and the Borderlands, Paper: The Vicissitudes of the Margins: An HIV/AIDS Theological Journey, San Diego University. March II Congreso of Gastronomy. Conferencia Magistral. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. January 30, Colloquium on Thought for Food. Main Speaker. Oxford University, Blackfriars College. November 8, Book presentation, The Theology of Food: Eating and the Eucharist. Presenters: John Milbank, Anthony Baker, Mayra Rivera. At the American Academy of Religion, Montreal, Canada. September 3, IV Colloquium on Neuro-Humanities UNAM-UIA. Paper: Jean-Luc Marion y el Discurso Teológico. [ Jean-Luc Marion and Theological Discourse ]. February Book Presentation The Theology of Food: Eating and the Eucharist, Lectures at the University of Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Nottingham (UK), and at the International Institute of Theology Marie Dominique Chenu, Berlin (Germany). November 26, Lecture to graduate students at the Universidad Pontificia de México: "Epistemología y nuevas propuestas teológicas" [ Epistemology and New Theological Proposals ]. October 30, Lecture at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, UNAM. Paper: "Alimento e Hibridad. Una propuesta interdisciplinaria" [ Food and Hibridity: An Interdisciplinary Proposal ]. October 8, IV CONGRESO NACIONAL. COMISION EPISCOPAL PARA LA PASTORAL PROFÉTICA DIMENSIÓN DE LA PASTORAL DE LA CULTURA. ANÁLISIS CULTURALES. [FOURTH NATIONAL CONGRESS. EPISCOPAL COMMISSION ON PROPHETIC MINISTRY. PASTORAL DIMENSION OF CULTURE. CULTURAL ANALYSES]. Lecture: "Alimento y cultura: Un vislumbre eucarístico de la cultura" [ Food and Culture: A Eucharistic Vision of Culture ]. September 11, III Colloquium on Neuro-Humanities UNAM-UIA. Paper: "Teología Apofática y la Mente de Dios" [ Apophatic Theology and God s Mind ]. September 1-5, International Conference of Theology, The Grandeur of Reason: Religion, Tradition, and Universalism. Lecture: "Syncretic Reasoning". Rome (Italy). September 10-12, II Colloquium on Neuro-Humanities UNAM-UIA. Paper: "Fenómeno y rascendencia: una visión teológica. [Phenomenon and Transcendence: A Theological Vision ]. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 4

5 September 5-6, II Theology Colloquium, " Cristianismo posmoderno o postsecular? Dos interpretaciones teológicas de la modernidad tardía." [ Postmodern or Postsecular Christianity? Two Theological Interpretations of Late Modernity ] Paper: "El Banquete de Sofía: Una visión de la comunidad erótico-agapéica." [ Sophia s Banquet: A Vision of the Erotic-Agapeic Community ]. Universidad Iberoamericana. May 11, Presentation of the book, Antropología y Nutrición (Universidad Iberoamericana). September 27-31, III Theological Congress of Dominicans in the European Union, Incarnation and Immigration in the European Union. Presentation: Alien Encounters: Incarnation and the Politics of Inclusion. Pistoia, (Italy). September 15-18, International Conference of Theology: Belief and Metaphysics. Paper: Being Nourished: Food Matters. Granada (Spain). April 7-8, Theology Conference: Grace in Believing: On Keeping and Living the Faith of the Church. Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest at Austin, TX. Paper presented: The Making of Mexican Mole and Theology in the Making. June ACHTUS (Academy of Catholic Theologians of US) Annual Conference: Identity: Politics and Theology. Paper presented: Spicing (the) Eucharist: The Mexican Mole, Gastro-eroticism, and the Eucharistic Body. Easter Term Hunger and Eucharist. Lecture presented to the Systematic Theology Seminar at the University of Cambridge. September 18-22, Symposium: God s Voices in a Post-secularized Europe: Reading and Interpreting God s Word: Between the Borders of Diversity. II Theological Congress of Dominicans in Europe. Salamanca, Spain. Paper Presented: Gift for Thought, Food for Thought: Alimentation, Relationality, and Modes of Divine Speaking. April 15-27, Symposium: Eating as a Moral Act: Ethics and Power from Agrarianism to Consumerism, hosted by University of New Hampshire. Paper Title: Feasting with Babette: Theology as a Culinary Art. November American Academy of Religion (Toronto, Canada). Panel Discussion, Latino Studies on Cultura Cura. Paper presented: God: A Banquet of the Senses. September 2002 The Theological Question About Salvation/Healing in Europe (Huissen, The Netherlands). Invited to respond to Christian Bauer s Paper, The Theological Question about Salvation/Healing in a Continent of Differences Society, Religion, Christianity and Churches in Plurality. July Illuminations: Science, Religion, and Revelation (Oxford, UK, St. Stephen s College. Paper Presented: Nourishment: Community with God. March Hispanic Theological I Regional Conference (Orlando, Florida). Paper Presented: Reconfiguring our Affinities: A Response to John Milbank s Critical Engagement with Postmodernity. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 5

6 TEACHING Summer 2011 Theology and Dance: Flesh in Flux. Pacific School of Religion. Sumer Sessions. Berkeley, CA. Spring 2011 Philosophy of Religion. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Mexico City (DF). Persona y Humanismo Online. Bachelor students. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Phenomenology of Religion. Graduate students on Humanities and Religion. Universidad del Tepeyac. DF. Fall 2010 Philosophy of Religion. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Mexico City (DF). Theological Method. Bachelor students. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Myth, Religion, and Society. Cursos de Formación Integral, Bachelor students. UIA-DF. Spring 2010 Problemas filosóficos de la religión. Graduate students on Humanities and Religion. Universidad del Tepeyac. DF. Persona y Humanismo, and Mito, Religión y Sociedad. Cursos de Formación Integral, Bachelor students. UIA-DF. Fall 2009 Philosophy of Religion. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Mexico City (DF). Theological Method. Bachelor students. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Introduction to Hermeneutics. Graduate students in Language, Communication and Culture. ICONOS- DF. Transdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Communication. Ph.D. students in Language, Communication, and Culture. ICONOS-DF. Food and Culture. Graduate students on Language, Communication, and Culture. ICONOS-DF. Sumer 2009 Meister Eckhart: Between Silence and Word. Ph.D. students in Philosophy. Philosophy Department. UIA- DF. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 6

7 Spring 2009 Spirituality and Contemporary World. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Local Culture, Global Culture. Graduate students in Language, Communication, and Culture. ICONOS- DF. Fall 2008 Introduction to Theology. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Self and Humanity. Bachelor students in Theology on line. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Local Cultures, Global Cultures. Graduate students in Language, Communication, and Culture. ICONOS-DF. Spring 2008 Selected Themes on Systematic Theology. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Current Trends in Theology. Bachelor students in Theology. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Fall 2007 Current Trends in Theology. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Summer 2007: Research Seminar II. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. Spring 2007 El sabor del saber. Seminar to professors at UIA-DF. Theology and Postsecular Thought. Graduate students in Theology and Contemporary World. Religious Sciences Department. UIA-DF. May 13 and June 3, 2006 Film, Food, and Faith. Study Sessions at Blackfriars, Cambridge. Lent Term 2006 Body, Self, and Society. Supervisions at University of Cambridge, Summer 2004 Sacramental Theology and Ecclesiology. Intensive Summer courses for Instituto Fe y Vida at Marquette University. Spring 2001 Sacramental Theology. Bachelor students in Theology at St. Edward s University, Austin, TX Fall 99 to Spring 2000 Theology (New Testament and Church History). Full time position at the Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Hammond, LA. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 7

8 SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Nomination to the Michael Ramsey Prize 2011, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, UK. Hispanic Theological Initiative Doctoral Program Award (Sponsored by The Pew Trust. Headquarters at Princeton University). Mentor: Dr. Roberto Goizueta UVA ARTS AND SCIENCES DOCTORAL AWARD 2001-until completion. MINISTRY RESUME : Leading Bible Discussion group at Fisher s House (Catholic Center at University of Cambridge) : Minister to the Hispanic Ministry, Archdiocese of St. Louis. Building Faith Communities with Latinos in St. Louis, MO. Summer 1995: Summer 1996: Summer 1997: Social Justice Ministry. Working among migrant workers in tobacco fields in Raleigh, North Carolina. Full time Chaplain Residency at Children s Hospital. New Orleans, LA. Full time Preaching Ministry for English and Spanish Communities. St. Dominic Parish at Denver, CO : Building Faith Communities for Latinos at St. Martin de Porres Parish in Dripping Springs, Austin, TX. Preaching ministry to Teens Mass at Emmaus Catholic Church, Austin, TX : Preaching at the Church of the Incarnation on Sunday Mass for Hispanic communities (Charlottesville, VA) DANCE RESUME Summer 2011 Participation as a professor, instructor and choreographer of the course Theology and Dance: Flesh in Flux. Pacific School of Religion. Berkeley, CA. May 2009 Participation as choreographer and dancer at the Holy Spirit Mass, Templo de Santo Domingo, Centro Histórico, DF. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 8

9 Summer 2009 May 2008 August 2007 November 2006 August 2005 May 2005 August 2004 June-July 2002 Spring 2002 Participation as a choreographer at the World Social Forum in Brazil, with El Pan Nuestro de Cada Día, danced by Martha Elena Welsh. Participation as choreographer and dancer at the II Gathering of Dominicans from Latin America and the Caribbean. Title of choreography: Predicando Gracia [ Preaching Grace ]. Participation as choreographer and dancer in the cultural event, El Manantial de la Esperanza, Templo de Santo Domingo, Centro Histórico, DF, for the 800 th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Order of Preachers. Participation as choreographer and dancer at the conference, De Docta Ignorantia (a text by Nicolás de Cusa) at Emmanuel College. University of Cambridge, UK. Professor: Catherine Picksctock. Title of choreography: Intervals. Solo Concert (choreographer and dancer), Darkness and Light, at World Youth Day, Köln, Germany. Solo Concert (choreographer and dancer), Darkness and Light, Brussels, Belgium. Solo Concert (choreographer and dancer), Being Blessed, at the Dominican Institute for the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI Training on Susan Klein s Technique at Susan Klein s Technique Studio, New York, NY. Guest dancer for Andy Warhol s art installation, Silver Clouds at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA), St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO Guest Dancer for the Andrea Ariel Dance Theater, Austin, TX Training on release technique at The Place, London, UK. November 1997 Dance performance with the Atrek Dance Company at the Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, NY Guest artist at the Dance Department at Washington University St. Louis, MO Guest artist at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company, Denver, CO. Spring 1993 Completion of B.A in Dance at the University of Texas (UT), Austin, TX Dancer for the Sharir Dance Company, a Modern Dance Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV2011 9

10 professional company with residency at the UT, Austin, TX. Verano de 1992 Representing the USA at the IIIes Rencontres Choreographique Internacionales de Bagnolet Seine Saint-Denis, Paris, France Teacher and choreographer for the Modern Dance company Paralelo 32, with residency at Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Mexicali, BC Co-founder of the professional Modern Dance Company U.X. ONODANZA (Raúl Parrao, director) WORKS AS CHOREOGRAPHER 1990 Ritual. Danced by Paralelo Después-de-Ayer. Danced by Paralelo El desierto, lo inherente. Danced by Paralelo Grids. Danced by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company 1993 Tierra Adentro. Danced by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company 1995 Neither did I Find it Between the Brackets. Danced by Washington University Dance Theater 1995 Life Boat. Danced by Washington University Dance Theater 1996 Nulidad. Danced by Washington University Dance Theater 1996 Wisdom-Sophia. Danced by Washington University Dance Theater 1996 Whispers. Danced by Washington University Dance Theater y Paralelo Dia-Logo. Más Extraño que el Paraíso. Danced by Paralelo In the Presence of Angels. Danced by Angel Mendez y David Marchant at the Saint Louis Art Museum 1998 Our Daily Bread. Danced by Angela Culberston, director of Atrek 2001 Word Falling in Love with its Anterior Silence. Danced by Angel Méndez 2002 The Beatitudes. Danced by Angel Méndez (presentaion at Princeton University, Oxford University, Paris-France, Bruusels, and Amsterdam) 2004 At the Well. Danced by Angel Méndez at DIA solo concert 2004 Hacia el Mar. Danced by Angel Méndez at DIA solo concert 2005 Darkness and Light. Danced by Angel Méndez in Brussels and Germany 2006 Intervals. Danced by Angel Méndez, at Emmanuel College, at University of Cambridge, UK 2008 El Pan Nuestro de Cada Día. Danced by Martha Elena Welsh (presented at the World Social Forum in Brazil) 2009 Ofertorio. Danced by Angel Méndez at the Holy Ghost, at the Santo Domingo Church, Mexico City. Courses offerings: 1. Introducción a la teología filosófica. Introduction to philosophical theology. 2. Temas selectos en filosofía de la religión. Selected Topics on Philosophy of Religion. 3. Filosofía y teología post-secular. Post-Secular Philosophy and Theology. 4. Filosofía de la historia. Philosophy of History. 5. Antropología filosófica. Philosophical Anthropology. 6. Temas selectos en teología sistemática. Selected Topics on Systematic Theology. 7. Debates contemporáneos en filosofía continental. Current Debates on Continental Philosophy. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV

11 8. Lenguaje y trascendencia en Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Marion, y Milbank. Language and Trascendence in Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Marion, and Milbank. 9. Filosofías del don/donación. Philosophy of the Gift. 10. Teología y teorías de la creación, cuerpo y cultura. Theology and Theories of Creation, The Body, and Culture. 11. Teología y política. Theology and Politics. 12. Fenomenología de la religión. Phenomenology of Religion. 13. Alimento: narrativas de un discurso inter-religioso e interdsiciplinario. Nourishment: Narratives of an inter-religious and inter-disciplinary discourse. 14. Film, festín y lo religioso. Film, Feast, and Faith. 15. Teorías de la danza y la corporeidad. Dance and Body Theories. 16. Sexualidad y Género: Teorías Queer. Sexuality and Gender: Queer Theories. 17. Culturas locales, Culturas Globales: nuevas configuraciones de lo político. Local Cultures, Global Cultures: New Configurations of Geo-Politics. 18. Teorías post-coloniales. Post-Colonial Theories. 19. Persona y humanismo. Human Person and Humanism. 20. Estética, ética e inefabilidad. Aesthetics, Ethics, and Inefability. 21. Meister Eckhart: Entre el Silencio y la Palabra. Meister Eckhart: Between Silence and the Word. 22. Mito, Religión y Sociedad. Myth, Religion, and Society. 23. Religiones del Mundo. World Religions. 24. Hermenéutica y Humanidades. Hermeneutics and Humanities. 25. Degustación y Filosofía. Sense of Taste and Philosophy. 26. Corporeidad y Teoría Crítica. Corporeity and Critical Theory. 27. Neurohumanidades y neuroespiritualidad. Neuro-humanities and Neuro-spirituality. Angel Mendez, OP, Ph.D CV