Primary Format: Paper | |
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ISBN: | 9781684581061 |
Published: | 09/13/2022 |
Pages: | 248 |
Size: | 6 x 9 in. |
Subject(s): | Education Law and Legal Studies |
Education Behind the Wall: Why and How We Teach College in Prison
Edited by Mneesha Gellman
Paper: $35.00Cloth: $90.00
E-book: $34.95
"Important at both a theoretical and practical level, this is necessary reading whether you are a veteran of prison instruction or you are only now considering the prospect of prison teaching."
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Emerita, Cornell University Department of Government
Why teach in prison, how to teach in prison, who is taught in prison—these are the compelling questions that motivate the superb essays in Education Behind the Wall. Important at both a theoretical and practical level, this is necessary reading whether you are a veteran of prison instruction or you are only now considering the prospect of prison teaching.
—Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Emerita, Department of Government, Cornell University
From a resounding forward by Lee Pelton that grounds the importance of college in prison in the bonds between education and democracy, to Mneesha Gellman’s ethically nuanced and politically savvy closing argument, Gellman and her collaborators have given us a superb book that asks the tough questions about why to do this work, and it offers a host of practical answers on how to do it well.
—Daniel Karpowitz, Assistant Commissioner, MN DOC & Special Advisor to Governor Tim Walz
When you go to prison, it is rare to get a second chance. This book shows why college in prison is so important. The chapters reveal not only opportunities for higher learning, but pathways to change lives.
—John Yang, former Emerson Prison Initiative student
Mneesha Gellman is the founder and director of the Emerson Prison Initiative, which brings an Emerson College bachelor’s degree pathway to incarcerated students at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord. Gellman is an associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College.