Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry
Director of Field Education
M.A., D.Min., Catholic University of America

Carmen Nanko is a Catholic pastoral theologian with extensive experience in ministry, teaching, and administration. Her teaching and research, which reflect on ministry with youth and appreciation for contextual theologies, have focused on areas of Catholic social teaching, U.S. Hispanic theologies, and on the relationship between religion and popular culture.  Her ministry includes involvement with diverse communities and demonstrates commitments to cross-cultural endeavors, ecumenical cooperation, interfaith relations, and mentoring of pastoral ministers and religious educators. She is the author of Campus Ministry: Identity, Mission, and Praxis .