RSVP (required)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nProgram Overview<\/h3>\n
Dean\u2019s Welcome<\/strong>
\nTanya Zlateva, Dean, Boston University Metropolitan College & Extended Education<\/p>\nKeynote: \u201cLearning with Conviction: The Transformative Nature of College in Prison\u201d<\/strong>
\nNoel Vest, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health<\/p>\nPanel: \u201cPersonal Insights and Perspectives on Prison Education\u201d<\/strong>
\nModerated by Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, Director, Boston University Metropolitan College Prison Education Program<\/p>\nReception
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nKeynote Speaker<\/h3>\n
Dr. Noel Vest<\/strong> is an assistant professor with BU\u2019s School of Public Health. As a formerly incarcerated scholar, Dr. Vest advocates for social justice issues and public policy concerning substance use disorder recovery and prison reentry. His research interests include mental health, substance use disorders, poverty, social justice, addiction recovery, and pain. He was recently awarded a K01 early investigator award through the National Institute of Drug Abuse to study collegiate recovery programs through an implementation science lens. He received his PhD and master\u2019s degrees in experimental psychology from Washington State.<\/p>\nPanelists<\/h3>\n
Dr. Mary Ellen Mastrorilli (Panel Moderator)<\/strong> is director of Boston University\u2019s Prison Education Program. Her research interests focus on female offenders, community corrections, and law and society. She holds more than twenty-four years of experience in positions ranging from correction officer to prison administrator. She is the recipient of the Correctional Association of Massachusetts\u2019 Professional Excellence Award, as well as the Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award given by the National Center for Women and Policing. Dr. Mastrorilli teaches courses in criminal justice and sociology.<\/p>\nJos\u00e9 Bou (MET\u201908,\u201915)<\/strong> is a senior associate with Great Schools Partnership, a nonprofit school-support organization working to redesign public education and improve learning for all students. Bou holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in English and American literature and a master\u2019s degree in criminal justice from Boston University. He lives in Holyoke, Mass., with his amazing partner and two beautiful daughters.<\/p>\nCarol A. Mici<\/strong> is the recently retired commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC), where she managed the care and custody of approximately 8,500 incarcerated individuals in 16 correctional facilities with a staff of 4,500. Commissioner Mici had been with MADOC for more than 37 years, starting her career as a correctional program officer. In her five years as commissioner, she oversaw the vast expansion of college prison education programs within the agency.<\/p>\nLynne Sullivan (MET\u201909,\u201921)<\/strong> is regional manager for Massachusetts and Rhode Island with the Petey Greene Program, the largest provider of tutoring and college readiness programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in the US. Sullivan has been involved in the criminal justice system and prison education for over fifteen years. She was valedictorian for the Boston University Prison Education Program class of 2009, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in sociology. A first generation college graduate, Sullivan went on to earn her Master of Science in criminal justice from Boston University in 2021.<\/p>\nDr. Abraham Waya (STH\u201998<\/strong>) is a lecturer with the Applied Social Sciences department at BU\u2019s Metropolitan College and a recipient of MET\u2019s 2021 Roger Deveau Part-Time Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. A native of Nigeria, he earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science and a master\u2019s degree in international relations and strategic studies, both from the University of Jos, and received his doctorate in defense and security studies from the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1995, Dr. Waya moved to the United States to study at Boston University School of Theology, where he earned his Master of Divinity. Today, he is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, currently appointed to serve in Brockton, where he has established the \u201cL Street Mission\u201d providing care for the homeless.<\/p>\nSam Williams (MET\u201992,\u201913)<\/strong> is the executive director or Concord Prison Outreach, an organization composed of a coalition of individuals and faith communities committed to helping people who are incarcerated build better lives for themselves and their families. He has been instrumental in various initiatives across the city of Boston, including prison rehabilitation and re-entry, impacts of racial profiling, community economic development, urban planning, youth development, and public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a history that reaches back to 1972, Boston University has the distinction of being one of the longest continuously run programs to offer a college education to incarcerated individuals. 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