Presentation Title
Teaching Incarcerated Students (and How to Make it Happen on Your Campus!)
Proposal Format
75-minute Workshop
Track Choices
Education Lag and The Disconnect in Higher Education
Abstract
This research discusses strategies and opportunities for campus-based and community-based students to learn together in the same classroom. Particularly, this presentation examines both the instructor's and students' experiences participating in classes inside a county jail where half of the students are campus-based and half are incarcerated. Included are the challenges, benefits, and strategies for teaching in a community diversified classroom as well as strategies for navigating admissions, understanding and changing institutional policies, and creating equitable space for incarcerated students on college campuses.
Keywords
incarcerated students, community standards policy, educational justice
Speaker Bio
Jennifer Schlosser is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Coastal Carolina University and the founding director of the CCU Incarcerated VOICE Initiative. Kayla Johnson is the Assistant Director of Compliance, Administration, and Assessment in the Office of Admissions and Merit Awards and Coastal Carolina University
Teaching Incarcerated Students (and How to Make it Happen on Your Campus!)
Penny Hall, 204
This research discusses strategies and opportunities for campus-based and community-based students to learn together in the same classroom. Particularly, this presentation examines both the instructor's and students' experiences participating in classes inside a county jail where half of the students are campus-based and half are incarcerated. Included are the challenges, benefits, and strategies for teaching in a community diversified classroom as well as strategies for navigating admissions, understanding and changing institutional policies, and creating equitable space for incarcerated students on college campuses.