IMPACT: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning. Volume 8, Issue 1, Winter 2019

IMPACT: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning is a peer-reviewed, biannual online journal that publishes scholarly and creative non-fiction essays about the theory, practice and assessment of interdisciplinary education. Impact is produced by the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning at the College of General Studies, Boston University (www.bu.edu/cgs/citl).In this issue of Impact you will find a humanities scholar deeply engaged with the arcing out of a new territory: the interdisciplinary study of the Grateful Dead. Impact’s own Christopher Coffman’s review essay should be required reading for scholars of popular music, performance studies and history. His review also serves as an important reference for those who aspire to teach a course on the Grateful Dead, as well as for those who wish to write review essays. In this issue we also hear from those who are engaged in teaching people who are incarcerated. Importantly, Stephanie Cage’s essay looks to incarcerated people themselves to find out what they think about prison education. Peter Wakefield encourages us to see The Great Gatsby anew, in particular in the context of American racism and White supremacy. Wakefield’s essay is important too because it had its genesis in Writing, the State, and the Rise of Neo-Nationalism: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Concerns, a conference sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning

Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration Image

This image was taken by Grayson Burke in spring 2019 and was uploaded in the VRC in summer 2019On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Stephanie Cage, associate director of The Lynne & Henry Turley Memphis Center had a Memphis Centered talk on The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration. Description is as follows: In Shelby County and nationwide, a central theme in the mass incarceration era is a widespread education deficiency. A growing convergence between education and incarceration has emerged, with incarceration being prioritized over education. In this conversation, Dr. Cage will explore the interconnectedness of local and national practices related to education and incarceration and highlight the lived educational experiences of people adversely impacted by the education system and the carceral system.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration Image

This image was taken by Grayson Burke in spring 2019 and was uploaded in the VRC in summer 2019On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Stephanie Cage, associate director of The Lynne & Henry Turley Memphis Center had a Memphis Centered talk on The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration. Description is as follows: In Shelby County and nationwide, a central theme in the mass incarceration era is a widespread education deficiency. A growing convergence between education and incarceration has emerged, with incarceration being prioritized over education. In this conversation, Dr. Cage will explore the interconnectedness of local and national practices related to education and incarceration and highlight the lived educational experiences of people adversely impacted by the education system and the carceral system.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration Image

This image was taken by Grayson Burke in spring 2019 and was uploaded in the VRC in summer 2019On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Stephanie Cage, associate director of The Lynne & Henry Turley Memphis Center had a Memphis Centered talk on The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration. Description is as follows: In Shelby County and nationwide, a central theme in the mass incarceration era is a widespread education deficiency. A growing convergence between education and incarceration has emerged, with incarceration being prioritized over education. In this conversation, Dr. Cage will explore the interconnectedness of local and national practices related to education and incarceration and highlight the lived educational experiences of people adversely impacted by the education system and the carceral system.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration Image

This image was taken by Grayson Burke in spring 2019 and was uploaded in the VRC in summer 2019On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Stephanie Cage, associate director of The Lynne & Henry Turley Memphis Center had a Memphis Centered talk on The Interrelation of Education and Mass Incarceration. Description is as follows: In Shelby County and nationwide, a central theme in the mass incarceration era is a widespread education deficiency. A growing convergence between education and incarceration has emerged, with incarceration being prioritized over education. In this conversation, Dr. Cage will explore the interconnectedness of local and national practices related to education and incarceration and highlight the lived educational experiences of people adversely impacted by the education system and the carceral system.