Yolanda Pierce is Dean of the Divinity School and the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair & Professor of Religion and Literature at Vanderbilt University. Her scholarly research interests include African American religious history, womanist theology, and literature. Pierce is a native New Yorker, public theologian, and community activist. Pierce also served as the Founding Director of the Center for African American Religious Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).
