Patrick Reyes serves as Contingent Faculty Director on the AAR’s Board of Directors.
A Chicano writer, theologian, and executive leader, Rev. Dr. Patrick B. Reyes is Auburn Theological Seminary’s Dean and the bestselling and award-winning author of The Purpose Gap and Nobody Cries When We Die. Before joining Auburn, he worked in administration in higher education and the faith-based non-profit sector. Patrick provides leadership on several boards in theological and higher education, and nonprofits, supporting the next generation of Black, Indigenous, and Chicano spiritual and cultural leaders. He was elected to the American Academy of Religion board of directors and serves as the Freedom Seminary’s Co-Dean for the Children’s Defense Fund. He is a past board president of the Religious Education Association.
Patrick has been recognized for his service and scholarship and was inducted into the Morehouse College MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars in 2022. The Council of Independent Colleges NetVUE selected The Purpose Gap as the Big Read for 2022-2023. Patrick holds a doctorate and master’s from Claremont School of Theology, an M.Div. from Boston University School of Theology, and is a proud graduate of California State University, Sacramento. He lives on ancestral lands in New Mexico with his family. You can read more about him at patrickbreyes.com