Residence Life at Catholic University has faculty members that live within the residence halls on campus.

The Faculty in Residence (FIR) enhances the quality of the residential experience by facilitating educationally meaningful interactions among residents and faculty outside the classroom. The FIR facilitates programmatic opportunities, serves as a bridge for residents to academic programs, and helps to reinforce healthy learning behaviors in residents, thereby cultivating a strong learning environment within our residence halls. The FIR interact with students outside of the classroom, have access to resources to support those interactions, and help to shape a healthy academic environment in the residence halls.

  • Dr. Elias Haslwanter

    Faculty in Residence, Centennial Village
    haslwanter@cua.edu 

    Dr. Elias Haslwanter will serve as Faculty in Residence for the Honors Residential Community. He and his wife Eva are married since September 2024 and recently moved to Washington, DC from Austria. Dr. Haslwanter is assistant professor for Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology in the School of Theology and Religious Studies. Coming from Austria, they miss the mountains and enjoy hiking and traveling in nature as well as music (no, not "Sound of Music"). But most importantly, they are continuously in search for good coffee.

  • Dr. Marshall Bierson

    Faculty in Residence, Regan and Ryan Halls
    bierson@cua.edu 

    The Bierson Family—comprising Dr. Marshall Bierson, his wife Hannah Bierson, and their kids Garrison and Elizabeth—will serve as (Faculty) Family in Residence for the Cornerstone Living and Learning Community in Regan and Ryan Halls. Dr. Bierson is an assistant professor in the School of Philosophy, and Hannah is a nurse specializing in behavioral health (his toddlers don't yet have jobs, but Garrison says he wants to read books for a living, and Elizabeth wants to be a doctor). Dr. Bierson has the fairly standard interests of a nerdy philosophy professor (e.g., board games, books, or technical baking projects that are only dubiously worth the time investment).