Jamie C. Noerpel, Ph.D.

After earning a B.A. from York College of Pennsylvania, Jamie Noerpel taught high school history for ten years at the Milton Hershey School. She now directs the York County Safety Collab, a law enforcement and community partnership focused on improving public safety, with a special emphasis on youth. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies from Penn State University, concentrating on history, environmental studies, and folklore. She co-founded a website called Witnessing York, writes a local history blog for YDR titled Wandering in York County, and co-produces a local history podcast called Hometown History.