Teaching and Leading in Carceral Environments

• In Event: Teaching and Learning Symposium Roundtable Session
  In Refereed Roundtable (90 minute): Table 6: Teaching in Carceral Settings

Abstract

This workshop addresses the unique pedagogical considerations of both teaching in directly carceral settings and employing anti-carceral pedagogies along the carceral continuum. Presenters spanning academic career stages will draw from their collective experiences teaching domestically and internationally to grapple with the role universities might play in preparing current and incarcerated students for reentry or life in prison as well as reproducing carceral environments in policy and practice. Specifically, presenters will address (1) teaching sociology as well as financial re-entry to detained students; (2) the sociocultural and political considerations of conducting Fulbright scholarship in emerging nations with different rationales for prisons and incarcerated populations; (3) directing a campus-based re-entry program and facilitating university enrollment for formerly incarcerated students; (4) providing counter-narratives to glorified images of the carceral state in popular media in the classroom and beyond; and (5) adopting anti-carceral pedagogy in carceral and non-carceral settings. Presenters will further facilitate discussion of ways in which academic administration can support or hinder such efforts in the classroom, on campus, and in developing partnerships. The workshop approach includes experiential and scholarly exposition from both presenters and audience members. Presenters further aim to foster connections and potential collaborations between ASA professional communities.

Authors

• Nicole Bouxsein Oehmen, Shenandoah University

• Beverly Lindsay, University of California-Riverside

• Lisa Covington, Brown University

• Annika Yvette Anderson, California State University, San Bernardino