Unshackled by Design: How Incarcerated Black Men Successfully Escape School-to-Prison Nexus

Dr. Shanice Robinson and Lauren Sneed are cross cohort sisters working together to support transformative and culturally responsive change through tangible steps to inform educators, leaders, activists and policy writers about educational experiences of the carceral state. These studies aimed to highlight the successful exits of Black boys and men from the School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP), addressing literature gaps and challenging the narrative of inescapability. Dr. Robinson's work includes the Black Urban Storytelling model which she created while writing her dissertation drawing inspiration from Critical Race Theory and Tupac’s Shakur’s Thuglife Philosophy. The interconnectedness of these studies centers educational journeys, in an authentic voice, and provides reimagined approaches to researching the carceral state. The intersectionality of these studies are rooted in strength-based approaches with Lauren's focusing on a counseling lens of the successful transition of African Americans.