Sam Dolores Sanchinel (she/her) is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in the Women and Gender Studies program at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on trans identities, and their interactions with the ethics of Christian religious traditions, for a development of a Trans Latina theology. Her recently published work could be found in Feminist Review, Religion and Gender, and Theology & Sexuality.
In her doctoral research she reconceptualizes a Christian ethics of gender to outline how trans embodiments could be read as prophetic. Her interrogation is trans/Latina-centric. In the criticism of commonplace perspectives of a Christian ethics of gender, she emphasizes methodologies of autoethnography, storytelling, magical realism, and confabulation to develop a dialogue with the Bible. This dialogue is rooted in her own positionality of being a trans Latina raised in the Pentecostal church of Toronto, and being in conversation with her mother, friends, and kin. This dialogue is further grounded in trans theory, Latina theology, and the works of continental philosophers of religion.
Her future work is towards a Theologia Mujersisisisisisiisisima, a prosperity theology for trans femmes.
She is also a Graduate Educational Developer at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation/ Teaching Assistants' Training Program. She's been the course instructor for SDS381: Intro to Trans Studies, WGS271: Gender and Pop Culture, WGS470: Politicizing Culture and in Summer 2025: WGS376: Studies in Queer and Trans. Outside of academia she stays active with Newsgirls Boxing, swimming, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and her lovely dog Ziggy <3.
For more information, see her CV here.