ICPA2024 PID107 Grace Famoriyo

One Size Does Not Fit All Female Prisoners: Moving Away from Traditional Essentialist Educational Approaches Towards Intersectional-Focused Approaches

Author

Grace Gladys Famoriyo

Course Director/Lecturer/Researcher/Magistrate, Anglia Ruskin University

Grace is an academic and a researcher. She is the Course Director for postgraduate courses and a lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Law at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge UK. Grace has a special interest in the long-term desistence of female prisoners, in particular minoritised groups. She is also interested in the digital literacy of marginalised/disadvantaged groups in society.

In addition to being an academic/educator, Grace draws on her extensive digital/IT consulting background to explore innovative ways to improve pedagogic approaches, learning and engagement of students through the use of technology.

Currently, Grace is undertaking her PhD where she is studying the impact of current legislation and policies on the rehabilitation and resettlement of Black female prisoners. Grace is also a magistrate (Justice of Peace) in adult criminal and family courts serving for over nine years.

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