Jeffrey is a writer, social science researcher, and program developer whose work focuses on psychedelics and religion.
Jeffrey Breau, MDiv. is Program Lead for the Psychedelics and Spirituality initiative at Harvard’s Center for the Study of World Religions. His current research is a multisite ethnography of novel psychedelic churches in the United States.
Jeffrey is co-founder of Harvard’s annual Psychedelic Intersections conference and the Harvard Psychedelic History Walking Tour. He is a Project Affiliated Researcher of PULSE (Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience) at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. He graduated with an MDiv. from Harvard Divinity School in 2024.
Jeffrey previously worked as a program manager at Google, as the general manager of a nonprofit religious organization, and as the Director of Wellness and Self Discovery at Harvard College. He is a devotee of Neem Karoli Baba and lives in Cambridge, MA, with his partner and their many houseplants.