Jeffrey Pierce
Department: Religion
Credentials: B.A., Duke University; M. Div., Yale Divinity School
Year Appointed: 2006
Email: piercej@mercersburg.edu
Work Phone: 717-328-6181
Title/duties: Religion Department Head, English
Biography:
Jeffrey joins Mercersburg as the religion department chair. He received a BA in Biology from Duke University and a Master’s of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. Before coming to Mercersburg, Jeffrey taught religion to New Hampshire public school students during the summer program at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. While at Yale Jeffrey was a student writer for the Divinity School office of development. He spent a year in the Kingdom of Swaziland researching the impact of commercial forestry on rural societies. Jeffrey has also lived, worked and learned in South Africa, Brazil, Colorado, and New York City.