Learning With Incarcerated Scholars

A YouTube recording of our conversation with Mel Webb (they/them), Professor of Instruction in the Honors College and the Department of Philosophy and Classics and Program Director of The Philosophy and Literature Circle, on April 10th, 2024, at the John Peace Library. Mel and other panelists shared their reflections on learning with scholars at the Dominguez State Jail and answered questions about this on-going program.

Launched in 2019 at the Dominguez State Jail, The Philosophy and Literature Circle (the Circle) cultivates collaborative learning communities so people in prison and beyond can thrive and build trust across divides. Students from UTSA travel weekly to the jail to join incarcerated scholars in completing a 12-week program to engage and create works in literature, philosophy, and the arts. The vision of the Circle is to foster a world filled with thriving communities of trust and accountability that embody commitments to justice, peace, and freedom. The Circle content and program structure seek to bring about such a world through compassionate, critical, and creative engagement with texts, ourselves, one another, and our communities. The Circle is a joint effort of the Honors College, the Department of Philosophy and Classics, and UTSA Professional and Continuing Education and is made possible, in part, by the generous support of Humanities Texas.

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Informational zines made by our library Peer Coaches to accompany the Pizza+Research event