Published April 17, 2015
The communication program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe will welcome Dr.
Stephen Hartnett to ULM April 21 to present, “Prison Pedagogies and Social Justice
in the Age of Ferguson.” Hartnett’s presentation will take place at 6 p.m., in Stubbs
Hall, Room 100.
This event is free and open to the public.
Hartnett’s presentation focuses on a route toward social justice based on pedagogies
of empowerment in both prisons and communities impacted by prisons. His presentation
will include poetry, imagery, and music, and will invite spirited feedback from the
audience.
Hartnett is professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University
of Colorado Denver, where he is the editor of “Captured Words/Free Thoughts,” an annual
magazine of poems and stories crafted by imprisoned writers.
He is a co-founder of PCARE—a group of national scholars focused on prison communication,
activism, research, and education.
He has received numerous awards including the Northwest Communication Association’s
2008 Human Rights Award, and the University of Colorado’s 2010 Thomas Jefferson Award.
In addition, Hartnett is the author or editor of eight books and dozens of publications
related to democracy, social justice, prisons, globalization and empire, and the death
penalty.
For more information, contact Dr. Lesli Pace at pace@ulm.edu or at 318-342-1165.
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