The Rev. Dr. Sarah Jobe serves as the co-director of Duke Divinity School's Prison Studies Program and the senior director of Chaplaincy Services for the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. She was the founding director of Project TURN, Duke Divinity School's in-prison education program, and served as a prison chaplain for fifteen years before moving into administration. Sarah is passionate about living and writing theologies from within the wisdom and challenge of carceral experiences. Her primary fields are practical theology, collaborative ethnography, carceral studies, chaplaincy, and Hebrew Bible. She is the author of No Godforsaken Place: Prison Chaplaincy, Karl Barth, and Practicing Life in Prison and Creating with God: the Holy Confusing Blessedness of Pregnancy.
News and Stories
Fifteen Years of Prison Studies at Duke Divinity School
This year marks 15 years of transformative experiences intertwining prison and the academy at Duke Divinity School.
Professor Douglas Campbell and Sarah Jobe Lead Prison Initiative
The Prison Engagement Initiative will bring together faculty, staff, students, and community members seeking to engage prisons, the people affected by prisons, and the politics and pathways surrounding mass incarceration.
The Saint John’s Bible Illuminates the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women
The Saint John’s Bible traveled to the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) as a part of Duke Divinity School’s ongoing commitment to teaching in North Carolina prisons.