Abstract
This project focuses on the power of implementing global perspectives in community college curricula at a women’s prison in Southern California. Drawing from my Stanford University EPIC Community College Faculty Fellowship in Global Studies, I share the benefits and importance of creating global citizens behind bars through lesson planning, material selection, and assignment construction. Through this study, I discuss the intentional and careful process of displaying global themes about gender that resonate with women in the prison where I teach. More specifically, I highlight the historical and global narratives of women’s criminality (which is often amplified based on gender role expectations) while creating spaces for my students who are incarcerated to challenge their own narratives. It is in this space where the power of two institutions- the criminal justice system and education merge to form a truly unique and sometimes contradictory space for global learning.
Presenters
Jessica MoronezAssociate Professor of Sociology and Social Justice Studies, Chaffey College, California, United States
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KEYWORDS
Prison education, Global learning in prisons, Women and criminality
