Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews

Sylvester Johnson (Air Date: 10/11/2022)


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Stacks on Stacks welcomes Dr. Sylvester Johnson, Virginia Tech's Center for Humanities director.  In this week's episode, Sylvester fills us in on the 4-week pilot humanities course that he taught to 10 prison inmates at the River North Correctional Center. This pilot course was not only a great success but is just the start of an ongoing initiative to determine how universities and colleges can make way for education in the U.S. carceral system. This pilot was made possible by the hard work of many people and groups, including the Coalition for Justice, the Department of Corrections, the Calhoun Honors Discovery Program, and ITHAKA. Listen to Sylvester's episode here.

Find out more about the Coalition for Justice, the Calhoun Honors Discovery Program, or ITHAKA.

Stacks on Stacks: The Interviews is a collection of guest interviews that aired during the regular broadcast of the program on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5pm, over 90.7 FM WUVT, Radio for Everyone.

Season Four: New Horizons is a collection of all the interview segments recorded for live broadcast during the Stacks on Stacks radio program in the Fall of 2022.

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