STEM Education in US Prisons

Joe Lockard, Ph.D. (2000), University of California-Berkeley, is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University. He taught poetry workshops for years in prisons and has published extensively on prison literature.Tsafrir Mor, Ph.D. (1997), Hebrew University, is Professor at Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences and Biodesign Institute. He founded the ASU Prison Biology Program and teaches students on campus and incarcerated students in prison.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Science Education in PrisonsJoe Lockard and Tsafrir Mor1 From Subject to Student: Science, Science Education, and Citizenship in US PrisonsJoe LockardPART 1: Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Voices for Science2 First-Person Experiences of Science in Prison: Writings from the Sustainability in Prisons ProjectJoslyn Rose Trivett3 Waiting for Take-Off: Obstacles to Pursuing a Post-Incarceration STEM CareerGeorge Bogner4 Eliminating Stigma by Creating STEM AccessibilityPaul Kazelis5 Challenges to STEM Education in Prison: An Inside PerspectiveSteven W. HendersonPART 2: Biology Inside6 Environmental Constraints and Development of Solutions: The Evolution of a Prison Biology Education ProgramSteven G. Hart, Emily A. Webb, Kelle Dhein, Amalia M. Handler, Cassandra M. Barrett and Tsafrir S. Mor7 Teaching Incarcerated Students Quantitative Reasoning through a Gateway Environmental Science CourseDrew Bush and Andrew BellPART 3: STEM Education: An Inside/Outside Continuum8 Strategies for Effective Laboratory Design in Medium-Maximum Security PenitentiariesLaura Taylor, Adrian Borealis and Tiffany Hensley-McBain9 Re-entry to STEM: Hurdles and OpportunitiesSandy Chang10 Effects of Higher Education in Prison on STEM EducatorsRobert Scott and Edward MeiPART 4: Call for Science Education in PrisonsCall for Science Education in PrisonsJoe Lockard and Tsafrir MorIndex