Faculty

In the process of fulfilling the core requirements, students have opportunities to study with some of Naropa’s most outstanding faculty. The core seminars
are enriched by the particular expertise and passion that each of these faculty members brings to their teaching.

Faculty who teach core seminars include:

Writing Seminars

• Melissa Root, Naropa Writing Center
• Michelle Naka Pierce, Writing and Literature
• Kurt Gutjahr, Core Adjunct

Humanities Seminar

• Alan Hartway, Interdisciplinary Studies
• Caroline Hinkley, Visual Arts
• Cara Reeser, Performing Arts/BFA

Contemplative Practice Seminar

• Richard Brown, MA, Contemplative Education
• Susan Burggraf, Contemplative Psychology
• Reed Bye, Writing and Poetics
• Jane Carpenter, Contemplative Psychology
• Michael Girodo, Contemplative Education
• Mark Miller, Music
• Sherry Ellms, Environmental Studies
• Judith Simmer-Brown, Religious Studies
• Candace Walworth, Peace Studies
• Lee Worley, Performing Arts
• Giovannina Jobson, Religious Studies
• Charlotte Rotterdam, Core Adjunct

Diversity Seminar

• Barbara Catbagan, Core Program (Diversity)
• Samantha Wall, Core Adjunct
• Jeanine Canty, Environmental Studies
• Corissa Gold, Transpersonal Counseling Psychology

Civic Engagement Seminar

• Jessica Giles, Community Studies
• Elaina Verveer, Community Studies
• Doug Dupler, Environmental Studies