Learning With Incarcerated Scholars

CSH 1213 Topics in World Culture: Philosophy of the Americas (Fall 2024)

CSH 1213 Topics in World Culture: Philosophy of the Americas (fall 2024) is a combined cohort class in which approximately half of the class will be UTSA students and the other half students at the Dominguez State Jail. All students will receive college credit, from UTSA for UTSA students, and from San Antonio Community College for incarcerated students. The class will take place at the jail on Wednesday evenings from 6pm to 8:45pm. UTSA students should arrive by 5:30pm (which means leaving Main Campus around 4:45pm) and we might not be out of the jail later up to a half an hour after class. Carpooling is available.

For more information and to apply, go here!: Application Form

The Philosophy and Literature Circle (Seminar: Peace & Justice, Fall 2024)

Registration in the Honors, Humanities, and Philosophy upper-division, interdisciplinary seminar Peace and Justice involves weekly participation in The Philosophy and Literature Circle at the Dominguez State Jail. UTSA students in the seminar will meet together on UTSA's main campus on M/W 11:30am-12:45pm.

For more information and to apply, go here!: Application Form

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.

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