Presented By: Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics
The Prison Teaching Initiative
Professor Jenny Greene, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Abstract
The Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI) is an all-volunteer organization comprised of Princeton graduate students, postdocs, and faculty that teaches college-accredited courses in State (and one Federal) Correctional Facilities in New Jersey. As background, I will discuss mass incarceration in this country, and the impacts of higher education on recidivism. Then, I will talk about the history of our program and our model, in the context of other programs nationwide.
About the Speaker
Jenny Greene is a professor of astrophysics at Princeton University. She is interested in galaxy evolution and the important role played by supermassive black holes. She spends the rest of her time making sure PTI runs, being the director of graduate study at Princeton, and designing a galaxy evolution survey for the upcoming Prime Focus Spectrograph Survey.
The Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI) is an all-volunteer organization comprised of Princeton graduate students, postdocs, and faculty that teaches college-accredited courses in State (and one Federal) Correctional Facilities in New Jersey. As background, I will discuss mass incarceration in this country, and the impacts of higher education on recidivism. Then, I will talk about the history of our program and our model, in the context of other programs nationwide.
About the Speaker
Jenny Greene is a professor of astrophysics at Princeton University. She is interested in galaxy evolution and the important role played by supermassive black holes. She spends the rest of her time making sure PTI runs, being the director of graduate study at Princeton, and designing a galaxy evolution survey for the upcoming Prime Focus Spectrograph Survey.
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