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Rabbi Lisa Eiduson, Ed.D. was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in a family that has always valued religion, education, culture, and the arts. After graduating from Boston University where she studied with Elie Wiesel, Lisa received a Master’s degree and rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Eiduson has served as a congregational rabbi at Reform synagogues in Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts.

Rabbi Eiduson serves as an adjunct professor at Emerson College. In addition to teaching and serving as the Interim Director of the Center for Spiritual Life at Emerson College, Dr. Eiduson has faculty appointments at Boston College and Northeastern University. She has served as the Interim Director of the Center for Spiritual Life since 2024.

She also is currently a rabbi and member of the clergy team at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland, MA. Rabbi Eiduson earned her doctorate from Northeastern University in Organizational Leadership Studies, where her dissertation was on the intersection of shared leadership and spiritual leadership in a professional synagogue staff team. Lisa believes deeply in education from cradle to grave and feels that learning, when applied, is the best avenue for promoting understanding among people. Lisa is married to Rabbi Joe Eiduson. They have two adult daughters, Rosie and Carly, and a Chocolate Lab, Bailey.

Brian Indrelie is the Protestant Chaplain at Emerson College, a role he has held since 2014. He has greatly enjoyed advising Christian students from a wide variety of religious experiences and traditions during their college journey. In his role, Brian advises the Emerson Christian Fellowship, provides spiritual counseling, leads multiple retreats and services each year, and works together with other chaplains to provide interfaith programming.

Outside of his chaplaincy duties, Brian teaches theology, biblical studies, and comparative religion at a private prep school northwest of Boston. He has a major cooking hobby, which he likes to share with students as often as possible. Brian lives with his wife, Joy, and his three daughters in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He is available to meet with students interested in processing anything in their spiritual life on Thursday nights at the CSL Office.

Rabbi Elisheva (or Elli) Pripas is deeply excited to be the Jewish Chaplain and Hillel Advisor at Emerson College. She completed her rabbinical program in May of 2025, along with a Master’s of Jewish Education and a Certificate in Jewish Sacred Music. They also completed a Religion and Conflict Transformation Certificate and an Interreligious Leadership Certificate through the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium. In her role, Elli advises Emerson College’s Hillel, reaches out to and engages Jewish students on campus, provides spiritual counseling, and runs Jewish programs at Emerson and and works with other chaplains to support interfaith programming on campus.

Elli completed their first graduate degree in Educational Leadership from Minnesota State University-Mankato in 2019. Before heading to rabbinical school, Elli worked for six years in the education and non-profit sectors in the Twin Cities, where they served students from kindergarten to adulthood and as an advocate for anti-violence organizations. Elli adores musical theater, comedy, and learning. She lives with her wife and their two cats and she will happily share cat photos if asked.