Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill joined CIC in 2024 and is the senior director of civic learning and free expression projects. Earlier in her career, she was on the faculties of College of William & Mary (VA) and St. John’s College (MD). She has also taught at the University of Calgary (Canada), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Germany), and in the college program at Maryland’s only prison for women. Pfeffer Merrill serves as a trustee of the Association for Core Texts and Courses and is a member of the Virginia 250 Education Steering Committee. She earned a BA at the University of Calgary and an MA and PhD from Duke University. Pfeffer Merrill was originally hired as the director of the Campus Free Expression Project, a project she launched at the Bipartisan Policy Center and brought to CIC in 2024, before being promoted.
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Senior Director of Civic Learning and Free Expression Projects, Council of Independent Colleges
