February 19, 2016 Writing Behind Bars: Modifying the College Curriculum for the Prison Classroom

This presentation will discuss pedagogies and practices for teaching in prison. Deanna Larsen-Quinn has been teaching creative writing, professional writing, and literature in a federal prison for three years. Her presentation will address barriers an educator faces when teaching in a total institution, as well as share experiences, insights, and suggestions on the successful prison classroom.

February 5, 2016 Where the Wild Things Are: Adventures in Wildlife Photography by Richard E. Brown

Richard Brown, Faculty in English, has been an avid wildlife photographer throughout much of his adult life.  Come see a sampling of his work, and hear some of the backstory tales that tell how those images were captured.