Autumn 2023

OPEEP Directors, staff, and newly trained instructors pose for a group photo after wrapping up OPEEP's May 2023 Instructor Training.

With cooler weather officially upon us, this issue looks back on key updates and accomplishments for OPEEP over the past several months. Highlights include a letter from OPEEP Directors Tiyi Morris and Mary Thomas, creative final projects from Spring 2023 classes, OPEEP's first in-house instructor training, as well as new additions to our staff and advisory council.

Events and Programming
Letter from the Directors
May 2023 OPEEP Instructor Training
OPEEP Staff Updates
Spring 2023 Final Projects and Reflections

The BackWall: Art Uncuffed Event Events and Programming

In this issue

OPEEP Directors Mary Thomas and Tiyi Morris pictured together in May 2023

Letter from the Directors

With the autumn semester well underway and the return of cooler weather now fully upon us here at Ohio State, OPEEP is looking back on some key highlights and successes for project staff, students…

Discussion amongst participants in a "fishbowl" classroom exercise during OPEEP's May 2023 Instructor Training.

May 2023 OPEEP Instructor Training

In May 2023, OPEEP offered its first-ever in-house instructor training program, preparing more than a dozen new faculty and teaching staff to teach inside Ohio prison facilities! Fourteen new…

Dr. Terrance Hinton's SP23 Criminology class poses for a group photo while gathered around a table in their classroom at the Ohio Reformatory for Women..

Spring 2023 Final Projects and Reflections

File ENR 2300 Community Playlist Poster SCI SP23 (opens in a new window)3.33 MB Community Playlist Final Project from…

OPEEP Directors and staff pose for a photo together in May 2023. (L to R) Dr. Tiyi Morris, Nicole Edgerton, Siatta Dennis-Brown, Babette Cieskowski, and Dr. Mary Thomas.

OPEEP Staff Updates

We have several exciting developments to share regarding both current and new OPEEP staff members:First, we would like to congratulate OPEEP Program Coordinator Babette Cieskowkski for being named a…

OPEEP Co-Directors and staff smiled for a group photo at the Autumn 2023 OSU Student Involvement Fair. (L to R) Siatta Dennis-Brown, Nicole Edgerton, Babette Cieskowski, Mary Thomas, and Tiyi Morris.

Events and Programming

OPEEP staff have been working diligently in recent months to expand our overall reach and engage more deeply with our communities by offering more events and programming, both on- and off-campus. So…