Higher Education in Prison (HEP) Student Ambassadors

Written By Dr. Kipton Jensen
 

The AYCGL recently announced its first cohort of Higher Education in Prison (HEP) Student Ambassadors. This new program is designed to complement our prison education programming within the Andrew Young Center. HEP Student Ambassadors support our Prison Education Faculty Teaching Affiliates at Burruss State Prison and Metro Reentry Facility, and they also work to raise awareness of criminal justice issues, the value of prison education, and the impact of mass incarceration on our communities.

Morehouse AYC-HEP student ambassadors and faculty are working with Mr. Andre Norman and the Academy of Hope at the Fulton County Jail, which is located just 10 minutes north of Morehouse. This past week, three of our Student Ambassadors -- Mr. Mutenda, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Ghali -- met with detained men and women as well as staff at Fulton County Jail.

 
Dr. Kipton Jensen

Kipton E. Jensen, PhD (Marquette University, 1996), is an associate professor of philosophy and the director of the Leadership Studies Program in the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership (AYCGL) at Morehouse College. He previously served as the assistant director of the International Comparative Labor Studies Program (ICLS). 

Since coming to Morehouse, Jensen has published numerous articles on Howard Thurman and the social justice leadership legacy at Morehouse College. Jensen recently published a collection of Howard Thurman’s Sermons on the Parables (Orbis Books, 2018) and a manuscript titled Howard Thurman: Philosophy, Civil Rights, and the Search for Common Ground (University of South Carolina Press, 2019). Prior to coming to Morehouse College, Dr. Jensen taught philosophy at the University of Botswana (2004-2008). His research in Botswana on the role of traditional healers and faith communities in public health was published as Parallel Discourses: Religious Identity and HIV Prevention in Botswana (2012). He was a Fulbright Scholar of American Studies at the Martin Luther Universität in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, in 2000/2001. Jensen received his BA in classical languages at the University of Nebraska and a PhD in philosophy at Marquette University.

https://andrewyoungcenter.org/kipton-jensen
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