{"id":1248,"date":"2026-06-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/?page_id=1248"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:56:03","slug":"ellie-pierce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/ellie-pierce\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Pierce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"310\" height=\"409\" src=\"\/misi\/files\/2026\/06\/Ellie-Pierce-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1249\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent Mediamaker<br>Research Director, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elinor (Ellie) Pierce is a researcher, writer, filmmaker, and digital humanist with a special focus on place-based stories. Her most recent film, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/abridgefilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Abraham\u2019s Bridge<\/em><\/a>, documents an innovative interfaith project on 38 acres in West Omaha. Ellie is the author of <em>Pluralism in Practice<\/em> (Orbis, 2023); she co-edited <em>With the Best of Intentions<\/em> (Orbis, 2023) and <em>Pilgrimage, Place, and Pluralism<\/em> (Monkfish\/Red Elixir, 2024) and has written a wide range of decision-based cases, chapters, and articles. In her role as research director of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/pluralism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Pluralism Project<\/a> at Harvard University, Ellie helps develop award-winning multimedia on religious diversity and interfaith engagement. In recent years, her interests have expanded to include the encounter with the natural world: whether profiling an organic donation garden in Nebraska, writing a case study on a Hindu environmental activist in New York, or creating short video pieces on the Charles River, she seeks to connect humanistic storytelling with civic purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With MISI, Ellie is developing a collaborative storytelling project on the Charles River, taking a multisensory, multivocal, and multimodal approach. It will be informed by local efforts, from the pioneering environmental justice work of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crwa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles River Watershed Association<\/a> to creative projects such as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/charlesriverjourney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Charles River Journey<\/a>. Ellie will explore diverse storytelling methods to deepen engagement with\u2014and cultivate care for\u2014the river. Ideas, stories, and comments may be sent to <a href=\"mailto:dearcharlesriver@gmail.com\">dearcharlesriver@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent MediamakerResearch Director, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University Elinor (Ellie) Pierce is a researcher, writer, filmmaker, and digital humanist with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25243,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}