Michael Hemenway was named director of design and data science in 2022. In his role, he seeks opportunities to integrate design and data science to ask new questions and explore possibilities in support of strategic decision-making within institutions as well as across theological education. Hemenway designs data models, practices, and pipelines to enhance the Association’s quality educational and engagement experiences for a variety of internal and external audiences. In addition, he expands the growing data and research capacity of the Association through his extensive knowledge and practice with data interrogation techniques that draw on the robust data repository maintained by the Association.

Hemenway has spent more than two decades in theological education as a technologist and as a learner at member schools such as Denver Seminary and Iliff School of Theology. He has served as a member of the steering committee for the ATS Technology in Theological Education Group, as chair of Atla’s Scholarly Communications Task Force, as a lead investigator for Case Western Reserve University’s h.lab, as founder of Iliff’s Digital Humanities Lab and AI Institute, and as a consultant for several local and global religious organizations.

Hemenway holds an MA in biblical studies from Denver Seminary, and a PhD in religious studies from the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology Joint Doctoral Program.