Caroline Pierce ’24 is the program operations and outreach coordinator at The Fund for American Studies. She participated in the Journalism & Communications program track of TFAS’s D.C. Summer Programs in 2024. Caroline returned as a program advisor in the summer of 2025.
Caroline graduated with highest honors from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and minors in political science and French. At SMU, she served as a full voting member of the university’s board of trustees for the 2025-26 term, representing the student body as the student trustee. She also served as president of Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity, worked in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and was associate editor of SMU Look magazine. Caroline is a Fulbright alternate for an English Teaching Assistant award in Belgium. She also previously interned with a national wire service on Capitol Hill.