The Pluralism Project at Harvard UniversityGrove Harris
Pluralism Project Affiliate
Former Managing Director
Grove Harris served as the Managing Director for the Pluralism Project through January, 2007. Since joining the Project in 1994, her research and writing has included the section on Paganism for the CD-Rom On Common Ground: World Religions in America, contributions to publications such as Reclaiming Quarterly and Park Ridge Center Newsletter and a chapter on Wicca and Healing, "Healing in Feminist Wicca," for Religion and Healing in America, Oxford University Press, 2005. Her most recent publication is the chapter entitled "Youth and the Pluralism Project" in Building the Interfaith Youth Movement: Beyond Dialogue to Action, edited by Eboo Patel and Patrice Brodeur, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2006. She speaks regularly on the research of the Pluralism Project at conferences and schools, as well as presenting her work at academic conferences.
She has taught courses on World Religions in Boston at the University of Massachusetts/Boston, as well as teaching at adult religious retreats, and leading a Maidens' group for girls ages 13-16. She has led consensus training workshops in Germany and England. Her community activism has served causes including peace activism, urban open space, economic development for women, welfare rights, and religious freedom.
Her background is in Race, Gender and Class studies. She earned her B.A. in Women's Studies, Business, and Religion from the University of Massachusetts (1992). Her Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School (1996) incorporated studies of organizational development and business management into the study of religion and ethics. She is an initiated Wiccan Priestess, and leads public rituals for groups ranging in size from 20 to 300. She serves as the Wiccan Chaplain at MCI-Framingham, and is a Peace Commissioner for the City of Cambridge.