Dr. Breea Willingham, SUNY Plattsburgh associate professor of criminal justice, was named managing editor of the “Journal of Higher Education in Prison.”
“The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison invited me to join as managing editor and help get this brand-new journal off the ground,” Willingham said.
Willingham has an extensive background in higher education in prison, having focused much of her career researching and teaching about education and incarceration, a news release said.
An expert on the impact of incarceration on families, and women in the criminal justice system, among many other areas in the field, her interest stems from personal experiences as a Black woman with incarcerated relatives.
But her interest and expertise that suits her for the managing editor position also stems from a solid background as a journalist, covering crime and murder trials in the Carolinas and Upstate New York for a decade prior to earning her Ph.D. in American studies from SUNY Buffalo.
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