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Ph.D., Emory University, (2008)
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Kaia Stern is the cofounder of the Prison Studies Project, which began at Harvard University in 2008. She is faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was the first practitioner in residence at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute where she led the Law, Education and Justice strategic focus area. She is currently director of Justice Initiatives at the Public Works Alliance.
From Sing Sing prison to The White House, Stern’s work is grounded in reimagining justice. She has taught extensively on liberation theology, ethics, justice, race, eye contact and transformative education, and is the author of Voices from American Prisons: Faith, Education, and Healing (Routledge, 2014).
Stern serves as a consultant to educational communities across the nation and abroad. She received her master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School and her Ph.D. from Emory University. She is ordained as an interfaith minister and has been learning/teaching in and about U.S. jails and prisons for 30 years.