College
Administration
Coordinator, Georgia State University Prison Education Project, 2019-present
Committee Member, Georgia State University Prison Education Program, 2017- 2019
Grants Awarded
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. (December 2022)
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact (October 2021)
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Laughing Gull Foundation (March 2022)
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Experimental Sites Initiative, Second Chance Pell Grants, Department of Education (April 2019)
Community
Common Good Atlanta
Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons
Administration
Coordinator, Georgia State University Prison Education Project, 2019-present
- Communicate with GSUPEP Director and Associate Dean of Student Success to facilitate program through emails, ad-hoc and standing meetings, and in-person meetings with Corrections officials.
- Regular communication and meetings with Registrar, Development, Financial Aid, Admissions, Student Accounts, and other pertinent GSU offices
- Soliciting and collecting student applications, submitting to admissions, coordination of withdrawal of students, additions of new students, and keeping up with student progress toward degrees
- Recruitment, training, and regular communication with each semester’s faculty at prison site
- Plan course offerings, find teachers, coordinate with schedulers and registrar to create and populate courses
- Gathering, ordering, and tracking book orders, supplies, and student needs
- Regular trips to prison site to meet with students, drop off supplies, and other tasks as needed (travel will be reimbursed)
- Work with returning citizens to help them apply to Perimeter College and GSU
- Coordinate and support testing services at new prisons and for new students
Committee Member, Georgia State University Prison Education Program, 2017- 2019
Grants Awarded
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. (December 2022)
- Three-year grant for $100,000 per year for programmatic support
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact (October 2021)
- Two-year grant for $100,000 per year to hire a Project Director for GSUPEP
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Laughing Gull Foundation (March 2022)
- Two-Year Grant: two-year grant at $70,000 per year to support programmatic needs for GSUPEP (November 2022-November 2023)
- Capacity Building Grant: one-time $10,000 grant to support Leadership Coaching for newly hired Program Director (March 2022)
- Grant Extension: one-time $70,000 grant extension to support programmatic needs for GSUPEP (July 2021)
- Three-Year Grant: three-year grant at $70,000 per year to support programmatic needs for GSUPEP (November 2018-November 2020)
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Experimental Sites Initiative, Second Chance Pell Grants, Department of Education (April 2019)
- Estimated ~$125,000 per year funding available in Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students
Community
Common Good Atlanta
- Admissions Committee, Phillips State Prison (2019-present)
- Site Director, Phillips State Prison (2019-2020)
- Associate Director of the Writing Studio @ Phillips State Prison (2017-2019)
- Host Committee, Common Good Atlanta, Spring 2018
- Co-Founder, Writing Studio @ Phillips State Prison, 2011
Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons
- Board Member, Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons (2022-present)
- Member, Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons (2019-present)
