Our Team of Exceptional Educators

Time Out of Joint employs educated former prisoners to teach free workshops to high school and college students. Not only did they become educated but they also became teachers in prison. These are people who have ‘claimed’ their education as a path to freedom, and, in turn, inspire students to be their highest selves. The former prisoners co-teach with other experienced educators - lawyers, professors, artists, theater directors, documentary producers, and more.

  • Steve Rowland, Director, Peabody Award winner, filmmaker, radio producer, educator, and oral historian

  • Shamah ShaRize, Artistic Director, writer & performer

  • Wayne Storer, Lesson Plan Director, high school English teacher

  • Kimberly Seabrook, Author, youth educator, performer

  • David Ralik Hopper, filmmaker, author, educator

  • Anthony Lafontant, business owner, educator

  • Craig Williams, Social Justice Activist, educator

  • Tariq Beaudouin, MA writer, essayist, educator.

  • Ruth Hunter, High School English teacher,

  • Anthony Tidd, bass virtuoso, composer, & essayist

  • Deena Hurwitz, Esq. Professor of International Human Rights Law, activist

  • Charles Hardy, PhD, Professor of American & African-American History, West Chester University

  • Fanon Che Wilkins, PhD, Professor of African-American History, Pasadena Community College, CA

  • Caroline Elizabeth Young, poet, Professor of English, University of Georgia, prison educator

  • Gordon Shopp, non-profit professional & Buddhist practitioner