Patrick Filipe Conway
Biographic Data
| ID | 3989253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Filipe Conway |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick Filipe |
| FAMILY NAME | Conway |
| SIGNATURE | CONWAY P F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9460-1960 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unlocking Narratives
This collaborative, dialogical study, coauthored with three incarcerated students, examines how participation in a college-in-prison program shapes identity development. Drawing on narrative identity theory, it analyzes how education supports agency, communion, and self-understanding, revealing the transformative potential of prison classrooms for policy, pedagogy, and student-serving practices. Data were generated through semi-structured dialogi…
Higher education in prison
This analysis explores how higher education in prison policies impact educational access for incarcerated populations in five different national contexts: Australia, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK, and the USA. Employing an analytic policy borrowing framework, the study explores how the stated goals of higher education in prison, such as reduced recidivism and savings on public spending, translate into the actual provision of and access to educati…
Education Under Constraint
This phenomenological study explores the challenges 21 formerly incarcerated students identified as barriers to maintaining positive student experiences while enrolled in a college-in-prison program. Employing a thriving framework, the study identified several key challenges, including lack of study space, friction with prison staff, limited curricular options, and concerns regarding academic standing. Implications can help educators and administ…
College Behind Bars
This article presents a synthesized historiography of higher education in American prisons, exploring interactions of federal, state, and institution-level policies within six specific states: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, and Texas. We define considerations for researchers, policymakers, and advocates regarding efforts to sustain educational access for incarcerated students. Findings suggest access is inextricably l…
‘Education changes a person’
This phenomenological study investigates the educational experiences formerly incarcerated students identify as being important developmentally as part of their participation in a college-in-prison program. It does so by exploring the experiences of 21 formerly incarcerated students who participated in the Boston University Prison Education Program, the longest continuously-running college-in-prison program in the Northeast US. The study is conte…
Self-Authorship Development in the Outdoors
Self-Authorship Development in the Outdoors:But for Whom? Patrick Filipe Conway (bio) and Kathy Chau Rohn (bio) Self-authorship has remained a seminal concept in developmental theory over the last several decades, describing a process in which individuals seek to achieve "the internal capacity to define [their own] beliefs, identity, and social relations" (Baxter Magolda, 2001, p. 269). As development occurs, individuals progress from external to…
The 360 diary method in experiential education
Thru-hiking and Thriving
Background: Research shows that participation in outdoor adventure education (OAE) programs can confer individual educational, psychological, and social benefits that relate to college student thriving. Purpose: This qualitative study examined the experiences of college students who took a semester's leave to backpack the Appalachian Trail (AT) in order to understand how self-guided and immersive outdoor experiences can facilitate traits related …
Talking Past Each Other
The debate over higher education in prison serves as a prime example of a contentious socio‐political issue that frequently divides public sentiment. Newspapers establish a public record of how such issues are debated and discussed. This study examines how the debate over higher education in prison is represented in the media, providing a thematic content analysis of 243 articles printed in six New York‐based newspapers from February 2013 to Janu…
Examining the Legacy of Urban Catholic Schooling in the U.S
Getting the Debate Right
This article takes up the central question of how college-level prison education programs should be justified and defended. Author Patrick Filipe Conway argues that the focus on recidivism rates as justification for major initiatives like the Second Chance Pell Program and New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s Right Priorities initiative is misguided and puts the long-term viability of prison education programs at risk. He builds his argument on an an…
Examining the Legacy of Urban Catholic Schooling in the U.S
Self-Authorship Development in the Outdoors
Self-Authorship Development in the Outdoors:But for Whom? Patrick Filipe Conway (bio) and Kathy Chau Rohn (bio) Self-authorship has remained a seminal concept in developmental theory over the last several decades, describing a process in which individuals seek to achieve "the internal capacity to define [their own] beliefs, identity, and social relations" (Baxter Magolda, 2001, p. 269). As development occurs, individuals progress from external to…
Getting the Debate Right
This article takes up the central question of how college-level prison education programs should be justified and defended. Author Patrick Filipe Conway argues that the focus on recidivism rates as justification for major initiatives like the Second Chance Pell Program and New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s Right Priorities initiative is misguided and puts the long-term viability of prison education programs at risk. He builds his argument on an an…
Examining the Legacy of Urban Catholic Schooling in the U.S
Talking Past Each Other
The debate over higher education in prison serves as a prime example of a contentious socio‐political issue that frequently divides public sentiment. Newspapers establish a public record of how such issues are debated and discussed. This study examines how the debate over higher education in prison is represented in the media, providing a thematic content analysis of 243 articles printed in six New York‐based newspapers from February 2013 to Janu…
Thru-hiking and Thriving
Background: Research shows that participation in outdoor adventure education (OAE) programs can confer individual educational, psychological, and social benefits that relate to college student thriving. Purpose: This qualitative study examined the experiences of college students who took a semester's leave to backpack the Appalachian Trail (AT) in order to understand how self-guided and immersive outdoor experiences can facilitate traits related …
‘Education changes a person’
This phenomenological study investigates the educational experiences formerly incarcerated students identify as being important developmentally as part of their participation in a college-in-prison program. It does so by exploring the experiences of 21 formerly incarcerated students who participated in the Boston University Prison Education Program, the longest continuously-running college-in-prison program in the Northeast US. The study is conte…
Self-Authorship Development in the Outdoors
Self-Authorship Development in the Outdoors:But for Whom? Patrick Filipe Conway (bio) and Kathy Chau Rohn (bio) Self-authorship has remained a seminal concept in developmental theory over the last several decades, describing a process in which individuals seek to achieve "the internal capacity to define [their own] beliefs, identity, and social relations" (Baxter Magolda, 2001, p. 269). As development occurs, individuals progress from external to…
The 360 diary method in experiential education
Education Under Constraint
This phenomenological study explores the challenges 21 formerly incarcerated students identified as barriers to maintaining positive student experiences while enrolled in a college-in-prison program. Employing a thriving framework, the study identified several key challenges, including lack of study space, friction with prison staff, limited curricular options, and concerns regarding academic standing. Implications can help educators and administ…
College Behind Bars
This article presents a synthesized historiography of higher education in American prisons, exploring interactions of federal, state, and institution-level policies within six specific states: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, and Texas. We define considerations for researchers, policymakers, and advocates regarding efforts to sustain educational access for incarcerated students. Findings suggest access is inextricably l…
Unlocking Narratives
This collaborative, dialogical study, coauthored with three incarcerated students, examines how participation in a college-in-prison program shapes identity development. Drawing on narrative identity theory, it analyzes how education supports agency, communion, and self-understanding, revealing the transformative potential of prison classrooms for policy, pedagogy, and student-serving practices. Data were generated through semi-structured dialogi…
Higher education in prison
This analysis explores how higher education in prison policies impact educational access for incarcerated populations in five different national contexts: Australia, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK, and the USA. Employing an analytic policy borrowing framework, the study explores how the stated goals of higher education in prison, such as reduced recidivism and savings on public spending, translate into the actual provision of and access to educati…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Prison (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Medical education (4 works)