Jorden's research focuses on the intersections of power, identity, and religious practice. His dissertation project explores stories of racial reconciliation and antiracism being lived and told by white evangelicals in the contemporary US. Jorden holds associate degrees from Moreno Valley Community College; a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from the University of California, Riverside; and a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School. He has research and teaching experience in expository writing methods; the anthropology of religion; narrative theology; the history of North American religions; the history, race, and gender politics of the US civil rights movement; and the political history and contemporary politics of US evangelicals.