Notable nonfiction books in 2016 the washington post. Dreisinger was born in the bronx, new york, and graduated from queens college, city university of new. Professor, journalist, and founder of the prisontocollegepipeline, dreisinger looks into the human stories of incarcerated men and. Dreisinger was named a 2018 global fulbright scholar for her international work promoting educationnotincarceration and restorative justice internationally, and her prisontocollege pipeline movement has gone international, as well. Together with oscarnominated filmmaker peter spirer, professor dreisinger produced and wrote the two nationally aired documentaries about hiphop, criminal justice and the prison industrial complex. Professor baz dreisinger discusses the history of racial. Baz dreisinger, professor at john jay college of criminal justice, city university of new york. Book tells little known history of reverse passing. Book tells little known history of reverse passing american literature is chock full of stories of lightskinned black people passing as whites. Baz dreisinger conducts a class at new yorks otisville correctional facility, 2014.
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Baz dreisinger travels behind bars in nine countries to rethink the state of justice in a global context beginning in africa and ending in europe, incarceration nations is a firstperson odyssey through the prison systems of the world. She is a professor of english at city university of new yorks john jay college of criminal justice, the founder of the prisontocollege pipeline and the executive director of the incarceration nations network early life. Baz dreisinger quotes author of incarceration nations. Born and raised in new york city, with one foot fixed in the caribbean and another in south africa, i. Dreisinger is the academic director of john jay colleges prisontocollege pipeline program. Baz dreisinger is a professor at john jay college of criminal justice and founding academic director of john jays prisontocollege pipeline program, which offers college courses and reentry planning to incarcerated men and works to increase access to higher education for justiceinvolved individuals. Professor dreisinger is in africa researching her upcoming book on prisons. She was named a 20172018 global fulbright scholar for her work. She also writes and produces onair pieces for nprs all things considered.
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