New PSC Interim Director Christian Perry poses with his son in front of his Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home.
Carlisle native brings deep community ties, passion for mentoring to new role
by MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson
There’s a familiar face taking the reins at Dickinson’s Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity (PSC) this spring. After serving in two previous roles at Dickinson, Christian Perry now serves as PSC’s interim director.
A ‘cool, full-circle’ moment
Perry grew up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. At age 15, he got his first job in the campus Dining Hall. A first-generation college student, he earned a B.A. in communications from Lock Haven University and began his higher-ed career in the admissions departments at Central Penn College and Harrisburg University.