Nancy Rowe
- M.T.P., Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 1993
- Ph.D., Educational Curriculum & Instruction, Texas A&M, 1982
- M.Ed., Texas A&M University, 1978
- B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1973
- Registered Expressive Arts Therapist
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor, New York State
- Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, New York State
Nancy Mangano Rowe, Ph.D., joined the ITP faculty as an Associate Professor, Executive Core Faculty, in the Global Master's Program in 2005 after many years as a Faculty Mentor. She teaches in both the Master's and Ph.D. Global programs and serves as a Committee Chair on dissertations related to ecospirituality, ecopsychology, and transformative education. Before joining the Core Faculty, she taught in the field of teacher education at SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Oswego, Marist College, Kansas State University, Rhode Island College, and Union Institute. Her current responsibilities include teaching, curriculum design, and program development.
Nancy has a vast array of experiences and educational training. She is ordained as a Minister of Walking Prayer through the Center for Sacred Studies, which focuses on earth-based ways of prayer and the work of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. She is a licensed Mental Health Counselor and Creative Arts Therapist in New York State, as well as a registered Expressive Arts Therapist through the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association. Nancy has also completed training programs in Psychosynthesis, Authentic Movement, play therapy, expressive arts therapy, and marriage/family therapy.
Nancy's current interests include ecospirituality, sacred ecology, heart-centered dimensions of ecopsychology, imagination, intuition, diverse ways of knowing, and creativity. She has presented on these topics across the United States and in Greece to professional organizations, as part of seminars, on multiple-day retreats and pilgrimages, and in classrooms. These topics are also embedded in modules that she has authored, co-authored, or revised. Some of these modules include Ecospirituality: Our Spiritual Connection with Gaia; Ecopsychology; Ways of Knowing: Creative, Transpersonal, and Collective; Inquiry into Creative and Innovative Processes; Creative Expression and Transformation; Theories of Personality: Eastern, Indigenous, Ecological; Spiritual Dimensions in Human Behavior: Wholeness Across the Lifespan; and Western Perspectives on Being Human.
Nancy's writings include: Walking on Sacred Soil: A Tribute to Thomas Berry, which has been accepted for publication (2011) in Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction; The Healing Power of Creative Expression, in D. McCarthy's book, Speaking About the Unspeakable, Jessica Kingsley Publications (2008); Book Review of Sand, Water, Silence: Embodiment of Spirit by Mary Jane Markell, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, (2007); Listening Through the Body, in M. Brady's book, The Wisdom of Listening, Shambhala Publications (2003); and Birth of the Courageous One: A Case Study that Combines Psychosynthesis And Sand Play Therapy, East Coast Sand Play Journal (2005).
Nancy continues to study ecospirituality and recently received a small grant to study the experience of feeling spiritually connected to the Natural World. She is in the process of writing two articles that emerged from this study. She has also submitted an article with Dorit Netzer on using Intuitive Inquiry to teach creative process.
Nancy has been involved in many spiritual practices, including meditative/contemplative practices, Authentic Movement, earth-based spiritual practices, drumming, and journey work. She is touched by the multiple ways that people connect with Spirit. In her work at ITP and through the Center of Sacred Studies, she encourages students to find the path that most connects them to themselves and to Spirit.
