{"id":1815,"date":"2026-07-20T21:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=1815"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:06:29","slug":"ellie-pierce","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/profile\/ellie-pierce\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Pierce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Elinor (Ellie) Pierce is a researcher, writer, filmmaker, and digital humanist with a special focus on place-based stories. Her most recent film,&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<em>Pluralism in Practice<\/em>&nbsp;(Orbis, 2023); she co-edited&nbsp;<em>With the Best of Intentions<\/em>&nbsp;(Orbis, 2023) and&nbsp;<em>Pilgrimage, Place, and Pluralism<\/em>&nbsp;(Monkfish\/Red Elixir, 2024) and has written a wide range of decision-based cases, chapters, and articles. In her role as research director of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/pluralism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Pluralism Project<\/a>&nbsp;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 class=\"is-style-default\">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&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crwa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles River Watershed Association<\/a>&nbsp;to creative projects such as&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dearcharlesriver@gmail.com\">dearcharlesriver@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26108,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1815\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/misi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}