Jean Trounstine

Jean Trounstine
Jean Trounstine, February 12, 2016
Born (1946-12-11) December 11, 1946
Cincinnati, Ohio
Occupation Activist, Author, Teacher
Nationality American
Education M.F.A. Brandeis University
B.A. Beloit College
Alma mater Brandies University
Spouse Robert Wald
Website
www.jeantrounstine.com

Jean Trounstine is an activist, author and professor emerita at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts.[1]

Early life and education

Jean Trounstine, the daughter of Henry Philip and Amy Joseph Trounstine, grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio), a public college-preparatory high school recognized as one of the nation's best.[2] She graduated with a B.A. in theater with honors from Beloit College in 1965, and an M.F.A. in acting from Brandeis University in 1973. She began her career as an actress, pursued films and theater in California and has performed in 30 plays.[3]

Teaching and activism

Trounstine taught high school English in Duxbury, Massachusetts, (1986-8) and at Nashoba Regional High School (1988-9) before joining the faculty at Middlesex Community College (Massachusetts) in 1989.[1] In 1987, she began teaching and piloted work with women, directing plays at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham for almost 10 years.[4] She co-founded the women's branch of Changing Lives Through Literature (CLTL) in 1992 with Judge Joseph Dever, First Justice of the Lynn District Court. Probationers, probation officers, judges and professors sit in a classroom together and discuss books.[5] CLTL costs less than $500 a person and proponents say that it saves the government tens of thousands of dollars when compared with the cost of housing a prisoner.[6] A recidivism study of the program by University of Massachusetts professor Russell Schutt showed that it helps to reduce a return to crime.[7] In 2008, after Trounstine met Karter Reed, who was incarcerated in an adult prison for murder that he committed at age 16, she began researching juvenile justice.[8]

Publishing history

Date(s)RoleTitle
2016 author Boy With A Knife: The Story of Murder, Remorse, and A Prisoner's Fight for Justice[9]
2006, 2007 co-editor (with Karen Propp) Why I'm Still Married: Women Write Their Hearts Out On Love, Loss, Sex, and Who Does the Dishes [10]
2005 co-authored (with Robert Waxler) Finding A Voice: The Practice of Changing Lives Through Literature,[11]
2003 author Almost Home Free, poetry collection about cancer[12]
2001, 2004 author Shakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in a Women's Prison[13]
1999 co-editor (with Robert Waxler) Changing Lives Through Literature[14]

Other writing

Her writing on prison issues has been published in Working Woman,[15] The Southwest Review,[16] The Boston Globe Magazine,[17] Huffington Post,[18] and many other publications throughout the country. Some include:

  • Women's Review of Books, May–June 2015, "Changing Women's Lives Through Literature." [19]
  • "Keep Kids Out of Handcuffs", Truthout, May 2015[20]
  • "Rose", in Essays on Teaching", 2013[21]
  • "Locked Up With Nowhere to Go", Boston Magazine, July 2013[22]
  • "A Gift from Prison", at Solstice Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012[23]
  • "Three Strikes and You're Out", Metrowest Daily News, Jan. 1, 2012[24]
  • "Revisiting Sacred Spaces", Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre, 2011[25]
  • "The Memory We Call Home", The Best Women's Travel Writing 2008, Travelers' Tales[26]

Prizes and awards

Trounstine has won many awards for her work. She won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1987 to study Shakespeare in England. She won grants from the Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities in 1988, 1989 and 1990.[27] to create theater for women in prison. She was a recipient for "Women who Care," presented by Women in Philanthropy in 1993.[28] In 2000, she was named a "Woman who Dared" by the Jewish Women's Archive for her work in prison.[29] In 2001, she received Honorable Mention for the Ernest Lynton Award for outstanding college teachers nationally who excel in outreach to the community.[30] Her piece, "Meeting Karter," won an Honorable Mention for non-fiction in Solstice Magazine's 2010 Summer issue.[29][31]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Faculty Directory Jean Trounstine". Middlesex Community College.
  2. ↑ "Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH 45207".
  3. ↑ The Christian Science Monitor (5 July 2001). "Putting drama into prison's stark life". The Christian Science Monitor.
  4. ↑ RKD // AgencyND // University of Notre Dame. "Jean Trounstine - Shakespeare Behind Bars".
  5. ↑ William J. Dowd. "Marblehead judge, Joseph Dever, dies at 80". The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA.
  6. ↑ Changing Lives Through Literature
  7. ↑ "probation officers rehabilitation: Topics by WorldWideScience.org".
  8. ↑ "Prison Is No Place for Kids: An Interview with Author Jean Trounstine". The Huffington Post. 15 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Trounstine, Jean (April 2016). Boy With A Knife: The Story of Murder, Remorse, and A Prisoner's Fight for Justice. Ig Press.
  10. ↑ Trounstine, Jean. Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap. Hudson Street Press (Penguin), Plume paperback.
  11. ↑ Trounstine, Jean. Finding A Voice: The Practice of Changing Lives Through Literature. University of Michigan Press.
  12. ↑ Trounstine, Jean (2003). "Almost Home Free, poetry collection about cancer". Pecan Grove Press.
  13. ↑ Trounstine, Jean. Shakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in a Women's Prison. St. Martin's Press, paperback University of Michigan Press.
  14. ↑ Trounstine, Jean (1999). Changing Lives Through Literature. University of Notre Dame Press.
  15. ↑ "printguide".
  16. ↑ Trounstine, Jean (2000). "Throw Away the Key". Southwest Review. 85 (3): 433–445. JSTOR 43472098.
  17. ↑ "Prison drama".
  18. ↑ "Kids Can Change: Stop Sending Juveniles to Adult Prisons and Jails". The Huffington Post. 9 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Changing Women's Lives through Literature".
  20. ↑ "Keep Kids Out of Handcuffs," Truthout, May 2015".
  21. ↑ "Rose," in Essays on Teaching, 2013. ASIN 0486489019.
  22. ↑ "Locked Up With Nowhere to Go," Boston Magazine, July 2013".
  23. ↑ "A Gift from Prison" at Solstice Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012".
  24. ↑ "Three Strikes and You're Out," Metrowest Daily News, Jan. 1, 2012".
  25. ↑ "Now Presenting Now in Print".
  26. ↑ Macmillan. "Jean Trounstine". Macmillan.
  27. ↑ http://masshumanities.org/files/news/mhfall03.pdf
  28. ↑ http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/OCE/SuccessStories/success.pdf - page 3
  29. 1 2 "Jean Trounstine - Jewish Women's Archive".
  30. ↑ "Past Lynton Award Recipients".
  31. ↑ "Welcome to Pecan Grove Press".
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