Training and Professional Support

The Naropa Community Studies Center provides training and professional support for students, staff and faculty on a range of topics, including:

• incorporating contemplative approaches into service work
• incorporating service learning or social engagement into a curriculum
• building relationships, partnerships, and coalitions
• working with diverse populations
• resolving conflict in community work
• systematically analyzing the outcomes of community work
• preparing the results of community work for publication or oral presentation

In addition, the Community Studies Center can provide training on ways to integrate the following themes into community work:

• constructivism and hermeneutics
• critical race theory
• developmental psychopathology
• epidemiology and public health
• prevention science
• socially engaged Buddhism
• third wave feminism and queer theory

To inquire about these opportunities, please contact Jessica Giles, director of community studies, at jgiles@naropa.edu or 303-245-4719.