Contact UPWARD

 

Amy Doty

Dean UPWARD

adoty@southeast.edu

402-437-2509

Amy spent 10 years incarcerated in Nebraska. She earned three degrees and now runs the program at the same facility where she once was a student.

Tammy Zimmer

Administrative Director, UPWARD Prison Education Program (Program Chair)

tzimmer@southeast.edu

402-471-3426

An award-winning poet and longtime SCC English instructor, Tammy manages the program's day-to-day operations across all facilities.

Educational Navigators

Embedded at each facility, our navigators help students choose courses, manage assignments, and connect to campus resources after release.

Faculty

More than 30 SCC instructors teach in UPWARD, drawn from the same departments and held to the same standards as our campus faculty.