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November 2025
November 2025
In this issue
A Note from OPEEP’s Directors
As we embrace the chilly autumn weather, take in the beauty of the changing leaves, and enjoy apple and pumpkin spice (and gingerbread for a snowy morning), we are also taking time to appreciate our…
OPEEP Panel at National Conference
Prof. Linda Mizejewski and three former OPEEP campus students presented a panel at the national conference of The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and…
Prison as a reprieve – say what?! An Update from the Philosophy for Humans Learning Community --- by Alia Dietsch
Exhausted, overworked, cloudy, on edge, happy, sleepy, blessed, overwhelmed, stressed, optimistic— these were just some of the words we used to describe how we felt as we gathered on a Monday in…
A Day in the Life --- by Laura
This section of the OPEEP newsletter, called “A Day in the Life,” is a space to share about the daily lives of students at our partner prison facilities. Our goal with the series is to demystify the…
OPEEP Faculty Profile: Monica Stigler Johnson, Program Director & Lecturer, African American and African Studies
Monica Stigler Johnson is a lecturer in the Dept. of African American and African Studies, the Director of the AAAS Community Extension Center, and an Ohio Prison Educational Exchange…
Breaking the Stereotypes --- by Tori Parker Lewis
This semester at the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW), OSU Professor Dr. Lyn Tjon Soei Len is teaching WGSS 3200: Breaking the Law - An Introduction to Gender Justice. While she has our typical…
Announcing OPEEP’s Newest Learning Community --- by V.N. Trinh, Assistant Professor, African and African American Studies
In October, OPEEP launched its new reading- and discussion-based learning community at London Correctional Institution. Twice a month, three OSU professors—Elea Proctor, Alexander Burry, and myself—…