Education Justice Project Members

Liliana Lule is a lecturer in the Latino/Latina Studies department at the University of Illinois. She has recently joined EJP as an instructor and will be teaching in Danville in Fall of 2023. EJP’s bi-annual call for course proposals appeared in Liliana Lule’s email inbox in February of 2023. The announcement struck a chord with…

Fidelis Anyanegbu is a lawyer from Nigeria pursuing an LLM at the University of Illinois. During his year in the United States, he is working as a member of the office staff for EJP. In July of 2022, Fidelis Anyanegbu left his home in Anambra, Nigeria and boarded a plane headed for Illinois, which is…

Kevin McSweeney is the arboretum director at the University of Illinois and also teaches soil science classes on campus. He is going to be teaching with EJP in Spring  2024.  In Spring of 2024, EJP will welcome Kevin McSweeney as a new instructor. Kevin studied environmental science at the University of Sheffield in the United…

Shiphrah Nantongo loves her job. She announces this fact with a verve and vitality that feels rare to American ears. Shiphrah is the Project Officer for Wells of Hope Ministries’ Safe House for Women, a Ugandan transitional home for women who have been incarcerated. When I asked her what motivates her, Shiphrah spoke with buoyancy:…

I’m Laura Kalmes. My work is focused on educational justice, and this is an extraordinary opportunity for me to engage with such a dynamic and dedicated group of activists and professionals. I completed a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Educational Policy Studies, and I now teach sociology and philosophy of education at Illinois…

EJP’s Writing Workshop Coordinator, Chelsea Catt, earned her PhD from the University of Illinois. She studied language and literacy with a specialization in writing studies. Her professional areas of interest include prison education, narrative inquiry, and expressive writing. 

Linda Larsen became Research Coordinator of EJP’s Reentry Guide Initiative (RGI) in January 2021, but has been working as a member of RGI since 2017. Linda’s background is in writing and teaching about writing. In addition to her work at EJP, she works as Publications Coordinator for SEDAC, an applied research center at the University of Illinois…