Community Studies Center

Alan Hartway, Fr., Interdisciplinary Studies Chair
BA, St. Joseph College
MFA, The Naropa Institute
PhD Candidate, University of Colorado

Alan Hartway has taught at Naropa since 1999 and was an undergraduate advisor until 2004. He is currently faculty instructor and the chair of Interdisciplinary Studies. He was an adjunct faculty for St. Mary of the Plains College of Dodge City, Kansas. He is an ordained Catholic priest in the Society of the Precious Blood; he has served as pastor for twelve years, director of publications for his community and director of formation for priesthood candidates for five years. He is also currently contracted full time with the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, a lay Catholic missionary organization grant funding projects in developing countries. Alan graduated with an MFA Writing and Poetics from Naropa in 1996. He has studied with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. He is currently engaged in graduate degree work at the University of Colorado in classics and Greek.