Identity, Transformation, and Agency: The Humanities Inside Oregon’s Only Prison for Women

FAIN: AA-289984-23

Portland State University (Portland, OR 97207-0751)
Alexander Sager (Project Director: May 2022 to present)
Deborah Smith Arthur (Co Project Director: August 2022 to present)
Charles H. Klein (Co Project Director: August 2022 to present)
Monica Mueller (Co Project Director: August 2022 to present)

A two-year project to expand the university’s Higher Education in Prison program.

We will design and implement a 6 course (24 credit hour) humanities sequence around the theme of Identity, Transformation and Agency for incarcerated women, trans-identified and gender nonconforming people at the Coffee Creek Correctional facility to enrich and expand Portland State University’s Higher Education in Prison Program. Faculty from six departments (Anthropology, Black Studies, Chicano & Latino Studies, English, Indigenous Nations Studies, and Philosophy) will participate in a community of practice to create student-centered, engaging, and rigorous curriculum along a Liberal Studies degree pathway.