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Faculty teaching inside prisons need robust, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed training materials. In this project, ITHAKA Labs worked with the University of Puget Sound to evaluate a learning management system and course delivery design for faculty who are interested in, or already teaching in, higher education in prison (HEP) programs.
This project in partnership with James Louis Smith and the University of Westminster Press was generously funded by Open Book Futures
This research project was conducted by Ithaka S+R and JSTOR Labs to investigate the challenges facing scholarly conferences and opportunities for change.
In June, July, and August 2023, this cohort of 4 Innovation Fellows spent 9 weeks learning and applying design thinking and lean startup skills in the educational/library space
In July and August 2022, this inaugural cohort of 8 Innovation Fellows spent 6 weeks learning and applying design thinking and lean startup skills in the educational/library space
Juncture helps researchers and students make complex arguments and tell compelling stories using state-of-the-art tools for digital writing.
Conducting research without internet access is challenging. This project tested a new, offline version of JSTOR designed specifically for prison education programs and their students.
A collection of full-length interviews from the MLK documentary King in the Wilderness – from the cutting room floor to your classroom.
With an ever-expanding collection of primary texts, the JSTOR Understanding Series links original works of culture and history to scholarship that quotes it.
