Housing

Dr. Shannon Jordan

Mhyke Eugenio — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 03:11:18 +0000

Dr. Shannon Jordan Mhyke Eugenio Sat, 03/04/2023 - 22:11

Associate Dean and Chief Housing Officer

Contact Information

sjorda5@gmu.edu
(703)993-2270

Biography

Associate Dean and Chief Housing Officer. She/Her/Hers

Said Boutftlien

Lynn Tierney — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:49:25 +0000

Said Boutftlien Lynn Tierney Mon, 09/26/2022 - 10:49

Maintenance Manager

Biography

Maintenance Manager

Housing and Residence Life

Samantha Thornton

Lynn Tierney — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:11:16 +0000

Samantha Thornton Lynn Tierney Mon, 09/26/2022 - 10:11

Assistant Director of Residence Life for Summer and Hospitality Operations

Contact Information

Phone: (703) 993-2720

Email: sthornt@gmu.edu

Biography

Assistant Director of Residence Life for Summer and Hospitality Operations, Housing and Residence Life. She/Her/Hers

Dovan "Ace" Willis

Lynn Tierney — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:03:40 +0000

Dovan "Ace" Willis Lynn Tierney Fri, 09/23/2022 - 17:03

Community Director - Liberty Square

Housing and Residence Life

Contact Information

Phone: (703) 993-9241

Email: dwillis4@gmu.edu

Olivia Bowman

Lynn Tierney — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 19:50:24 +0000

Olivia Bowman Lynn Tierney Fri, 09/23/2022 - 15:50

Community Director for Taylor Hall

Contact Information

Phone: (703) 993-2720

Email: othomps@gmu.edu

Biography

Community Director, Housing and Residence Life. She/Her/Hers

Policy and Prisons: What Happens After Incarceration?

Andrew J Schappert — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:36:59 +0000

Policy and Prisons: What Happens After Incarceration? Andrew J Schappert Tue, 02/08/2022 - 10:36

In This Story

Michael K. Fauntroy

Public funds that might be spent on education, infrastructure, and health care, among other programs, are diverted into an increasingly voracious criminal justice system that, ultimately, creates a negative impact on the lives of the incarcerated, their families, and their communities, particularly for those reentering society after incarceration.

That issue and others regarding the state of the prison system in the U.S. are the topics of a conversation called “Convicted and Condemned: The Politics and Policies of Prisoner Reentry,” hosted by the Schar School’s Race, Politics, and Policy Center (RPPC) and featuring Howard University Associate Professor Keesha M. Middlemass, who published a 2017 book of the same title.

Schar School Associate Professor and RRPC Director Michael K. Fauntroy will moderate. The virtual discussion takes place Wednesday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET. It’s free and open to the public but registration is required.

Studies show that two factors serve as big deterrents to crime for those formerly incarcerated. “Thousands of people reenter society every year in the state of Virginia, and to improve public safety and reduce the potential for new criminal activity, the reentering population needs to have the opportunity to access housing and employment. The negative impact when people are not provided a chance to [successfully] reenter includes increased homelessness.”

Not surprisingly, “racial disparities in who is incarcerated and who reenters disproportionately impacts Black communities,” she added. “When individuals fail to reenter, there are other costs, including re-incarceration and the negative impact on children, families, and communities.”

As for job opportunities, obstacles abound.

“Employment restrictions are numerous and are across all employment sectors,” she said. “Adults with a felony conviction are denied the right to work in the public sector, such as in public education, and licensing boards add administrative hurdles to get a professional or occupational license, which increases the likelihood of denial.”

This discussion, she said, is important to have amid a political climate in which “little is being done about the policies embedded in statutes outside of the criminal and sentencing statutes.

“In other words, the collateral consequences are not being changed. There is little to no appetite to reform the hidden and collateral consequences of a felony conviction, so they will continue and be added to by state legislators.”

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Schar School News February 2022