The Rev. Charles (Chaz) Lattimore Howard, PhD serves as The University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity & Community at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater. Over his three decades at Penn, he and his team have worked to curate a dynamic spiritual and religious community on and around campus. In addition to his responsibilities as Chaplain, Chaz has provided leadership to a range of campus initiatives and taught in Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Education. In 2020, he was invited to assume an additional role at Penn as the inaugural Vice President for Social Equity & Community.

His writing has been featured in such publications as Sojourners Magazine, Daily Good, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Huffington Post, The Christian Century, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Forward, Democratic Left, and Slate. He is the author of six books including most recently Black Theology as Mass Movement, Pond River Ocean Rain, The Bottom: A Theopoetic of the Streets, and Uncovering Your Path: Spiritual Reflections for Finding your Purpose.

Dr. Howard serves through a range of community and civic organizations including the Raw Tools Philadelphia Board, Heights Philadelphia Board, Andover Newton at Yale Divinity School Board, The Old Philadelphia Club, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

He shares life with his beloved wife, Dr. Lia C. Howard and their three daughters.