Jeffrey Deon Jones (Deon) is a resident of the Asheville area and a participant in the Buncombe County Reentry Council’s recent reading group on Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow.
She has particular expertise in the role of mass communication in social movements. She is dedicated to the cause of higher education in prison settings.
Regine Criser is Assistant Professor of German and Director of the First-Year Experience at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. Her research focuses on post-1989 German literature and culture, particularly on the concepts of family, memory, agency, and space. She has been involved in higher ed in prison programs since her time as a graduate student at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Luke Broderick is affiliated both with the Buncombe County Reentry Council and with the University of North Carolina, Asheville, where he began taking classes on campus since his release.
Brent Bailey is the Local Reentry Coordinator for the Buncombe County Reentry Council, an organization providing resources and assistance for those with criminal convictions or returning to the community after incarceration.
Patrick Bahls is Professor of Mathematics and Director of the University Honors Program at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. His interdisciplinary interests include composition and rhetoric, community writing, and urban studies.