Professional Service

• Journal of Higher Education in Prison. Role: Founding Executive Editor. Founding Executive Editor. 01/01/2019 - present
• Lumina Foundation. Role: Advisory Committee Member. Advisory Committee Member, Lumina Working Group on Prison Higher Education and Reentry . 01/01/2018 - 12/01/2020
• National Conference on Higher Education in Prison, . Role: Annual Conference Proposal Reviewer. Annual Conference Proposal Reviewer. 01/01/2020 - present
• Alliance for Higher Education in Prison. Role: Member. Strategic Organizing Committee for the Establishment of a National Organization for Higher Education in Prison. 04/01/2016 - 04/01/2018
• American Educational Research Journal. Manuscript Reviewer. 08/01/2013 - present
• Justice Quarterly. Role: Manuscript Reviewer. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
• International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/01/2021 - present
• The Urban Review. Manuscript Reviewer. 09/01/2010 - present
• American Educational Research Association. Division J Conference Proposal Reviewer. 06/01/2014 - present
• Association for the Study of Higher Education. Conference Proposal Reviewer . 06/01/2012 - present
• American Educational Studies Association (AESA). Conference Program Committee & Proposal Reviewer. 04/01/2017 - 11/17/2017
• American Educational Research Association. Division J Social Justice Outreach Committee. 08/24/2015 - present
• American Educational Research Association. Role: Invited Panelist. Division J Invited Vice Presidential Session: Navigating the Politics of Being a Scholar-Activist: Balancing Community and the Academy. 01/01/2015 - 04/19/2015
• American Educational Research Association. Role: Invited Panelist. Division J Invited Fireside Chat: Beyond Academia: Reaching a Broader Audience. 01/01/2014 - 04/15/2014
• American Educational Studies Association. Co-Chair Critics Choice Book Award. 11/01/2013 - 11/01/2014
• Council for the Study of Community Colleges. Conference Program Committee & Proposal Reviewer. 12/01/2012 - 02/01/2014
• Journal of Community College Research and Practice. Manuscript Reviewer. 10/01/2012 - 12/31/2018
• Education Policy Analysis Archives. Manuscript Reviewer. 09/01/2012 - 12/31/2018
• American Educational Studies Association. Conference Program Committee & Proposal Reviewer. 06/01/2011 - 11/01/2012
• Review of Higher Education. Manuscript reviewer. 01/01/2020 - present

Internal Service

• ELP PhD Curriculum Committee. 08/15/2021 - present. Department service.
• Senator, College of Education. 07/01/2021 - 01/03/2022. College service.
• Search Committee Member, Senior Associate Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, University of Utah . Search Committee Member, 11/01/2020 - 02/01/2021. University service.
• Search Committee Member, Dean for the College of Education, University of Utah. Search Committee Member, 01/01/2020 - 03/31/2020. College service.
• Board Member (prison research specialist & College of Education Rep) Institutional Review Board, University of Utah. Board Member (prison research specialist), 08/01/2019 - 03/01/2022. University service.
• 2018-current Undergraduate Council Representative, College of Education, University of Utah. 08/01/2018 - 06/30/2021. College service.
• Undergraduate Council. Member, 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2021. University service.
• Admissions Committee, PhD, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy. 01/01/2016 - present. Department service.
• College Curriculum Committee. Member, 08/24/2015 - 05/01/2018. College service.
• Undergraduate Honors Degree Committee. Committee member, 08/24/2015 - 01/01/2018. College service.
• Higher Education Book Club, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy. 08/01/2015 - 05/15/2017. Department service.
• Faculty mentor, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), University of Utah. 08/01/2014 - present. University service.
• Committee member, Campus Transfer Task Force, University of Utah. Member, 08/01/2014 - 05/15/2015. University service.
• Committee member, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee, University of Utah. 06/01/2014 - 12/01/2014. University service.
• Urban Institute for Teacher Education Advisory Committee, University of Utah. 01/01/2014 - 01/01/2015. College service.
• Higher Education Faculty Search Committee. Co-Chair, 09/01/2013 - 01/01/2014. Department service.
• Faculty mentor, Bridging to the U: Summer Bridge Program, University of Utah. 05/01/2013 - 08/01/2013. University service.
• Student Affairs MEd. Admissions Committee. Member, 12/01/2012 - 03/01/2021. Department service.
• Women’s Week Advisory Committee, University of Utah. 09/01/2012 - 04/01/2013. University service.
• Curriculum Mapping for Student Affairs MEd. Member, 08/01/2012 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

• University of Utah Prison Education Project. 07/01/2017 - present
• The McNair Scholars Program, Faculty panel member, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT . 05/01/2013 - 06/01/2020

Outreach

• Faculty Facilitator. New Student Orientation. Undergraduate Studies. University of Utah. 05/04/2017 - 07/21/2017
• Castro, E. L., Farrell, L., Peña, N., & Landau, C. (2017). Race and justice: Trends and updates in Utah. State of Utah Black Affairs Summit, Black Faculty and Staff Association. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 04/03/2017 - 04/03/2017
• Member, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Utah. 01/01/2015 - 04/03/2017

Honors & Awards

• College of Education Social Justice and Transformation Award. University of Utah, 04/01/2021
• Beacons of Excellence Award, University of Utah. University of Utah Prison Education Project, 04/01/2019
• Pete Suazo Community Service Award. Utah Minority Bar Association, 11/01/2018
• Development Faculty Fellow. Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, 01/01/2018
• Early Career Teaching Award. University Teaching Committee, University of Utah, 03/01/2017
• UofU MUSE Professor, Undergraduate Studies, University of Utah. Project MUSE, University of Utah, 11/01/2016
• College of Education Early Career Teaching Award. University of Utah, 05/02/2016
• Faculty Fellow. Undergraduate Studies, University of Utah, 08/2014
• Outstanding Student Medal Recipient, convocation speaker. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 04/2012

Affiliations

• Alliance for Higher Education in Prison (AHEP), Strategic Organizing Member, 06/01/2016 - present
• American Educational Research Association (AERA), Member, 08/2007 - present
• Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Member, 08/2008 - present
• American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Member; Executive Council, 08/2006 - 12/31/2018
• International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), Member, 08/2007 - 08/2012
• Education Justice Project (EJP), Faculty Affiliate, 08/2011 - present

In the Media

• Mangan, K. (2023, January 24). How prison education overlooks women. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 02/23/2023. https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-prison-educa...
• College in prison. Future U Podcast. 12/21/2022. https://link.chtbl.com/ZGvcOdlm?sid=tw.1
• Reed, J. (2022, August 15). Efforts underway to create a new prison college degree program in Utah. KUER. 08/15/2022. https://www.kuer.org/education/2022-08-15/efforts-...
• Burns, N. (2022, April 6). University of Utah Prison Education Project hires first paid director. KRCL RadioActive. 04/06/2022. https://krcl.org/blog/radioactive-040622/
• Castro, E. L. & Royer, C. E. (2021, August 17). Helping prisoners obtain a degree creates a stronger workforce and safer community. Deseret News. 08/17/2021. https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/8/17/22629175...
• Reed, J. (2021, July 21). Study on prison education seeks to fill long-standing gaps in data. KUER. 07/21/2021. https://www.kuer.org/education/2021-07-21/study-on...
• Zalaznick, M. (2019, October 22). How to raise the quality of prison education programs: Educators work to ensure that prison education matches what’s offered on campus. University Business. 10/22/2019. https://universitybusiness.com/raise-quality-priso...
• Rancaño, V. (2019, September 20). A college education in prison opens unexpected path to freedom. KQED News, The California Report. 09/20/2019. https://www.kqed.org/news/11775030/a-college-educa...
• Miller, J. (2019, June 11). Even violent inmates get out. Here’s why Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee and others think they should have access to college courses in prison. The Salt Lake Tribune. 06/11/2019. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/06/09/even-violen...
• McGee, N. (2019, June 9). Advocates throw the book at Danville prison. The News-Gazette. 06/09/2019. https://www.news-gazette.com/news/advocates-throw-...
• Smoot, R. (2017, November 9). They’ve paid their time”: Ex-felons face barriers in seeking higher ed. 11/09/2017. http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2017/11/ex-fel...
• Adams, B. (2017, November 6). A Path to Higher Ed. @TheU. 11/06/2017. https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/a-path-to-hig...
• Castro, E. L., Ginsburg, R., & Howard, M.C. (2017, October 25). Higher ed’s message to ex-felons: No second chances. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 10/25/2017. http://www.chronicle.com/article/Higher-Ed-s-Messa...
• Richards, C. (2017, April 6). College classes in maximum security: “the only thing I needed”. The Daily Utah Chronicle. 04/06/2017. http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2017/04/06/college-c...
• For prisoners, Pell Grants are key to college, jobs. The Chicago Tribune. 01/22/2016. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/comment...
• The Second Chance Pell: An opportunity for higher education to increase access to opportunity for incarcerated students. The Official Blog of AERA Division J. 10/15/2015. http://aeradivisionj.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-seco...
• Op-ed: It's time to bring college education back to prisons. 06/20/2015. http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/2640522-155/op-ed-it...
• Advocates nationwide attend Education Justice Project's Symposium on Higher Education in Prison. 11/07/2014. http://education.illinois.edu/news/advocates-natio...