Jessica Charles, PhD

Written By Studio DBJ

Board Member

Director, Teacher Education Program and Assistant Professor of Education, Marist University

Dr. Jessica Charles is a professor of education at Marist University and studies how to prepare teachers to enact equity-and justice practice in k-12 schools. As a child and adolescent, her father was incarcerated, and she experienced firsthand the unique loss and separation associated with having a parent in prison. She has been involved in issues of prison education and prison reform since she served as a volunteer instructor for the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison in California in 2008.

 

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Jessica Charles, PhD

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