Lauren Hughes
Director | Adams State University Prison Education Program
- Role
- Director, Prison Education Program at Adams State University
- Location
- Denver, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lauren Hughes
Lauren graduated from Rutgers University in 2018, making her the first person in her family to earn a bachelor\'s degree. She is also an alumna of the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP) and the Rutgers Mountainview Community of New Brunswick, a pathway from the prison campus to Rutgers University. Lauren served as the co-chair for the 2019 National Conference for Higher Education in Prison (NCHEP) planning committee before joining the Alliance team. She regularly speaks about her journey with higher education in prison, telling her story of becoming a professional in the field of higher education in prison after incarceration and sharing the impact of this work on herself and the community. Her focus has been in communications and community engagement, working towards sharing resources with the higher education in prison community and bringing awareness to the public. She is passionate about empowering, educating and supporting people affected by incarceration.
Experience
Director, Prison Education Program
Dec 2022 — Present
Education
Douglass Residential College Rutgers University
Bachelor's degree, Religion/Religious Studies
2014 — 2017
Rutgers University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Religion/Religious Studies
2014 — 2018
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