Fr. Nate Wills, C.S.C., Ph.D.

Rev. Nathan Wills, C.S.C., serves on the faculty of the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program and is the director of the Higher-Powered Learning program in Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education.

A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Father Nate has served as a Holy Cross priest in a variety of ministries including parish work, teaching high school, and seminary formation. He completed his M.Div. and M.Ed. at the University of Notre Dame and his doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying technology policy in K-12 Catholic schools.

Since the fall of 2015, Father Nate has been a faculty member in the Alliance for Catholic Education’s Remick Leadership Program and founded a program based on his research. This “Higher-Powered Learning” program helps teachers to use technology for personalization in K-12 classrooms. Father Nate’s research interests include blended and personalized learning, artificial intelligence, and leadership in Catholic schools.

He is the priest-in-residence in Keough Hall and the chaplain to the Notre Dame football team.