Joni Schwartz

Joni Schwartz-Chaney is a Professor of Humanities at the City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College & John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is a researcher, author, teacher focusing on race, communication, education and faith as they intersect. Dr. J is a proud mother and grandmother of six grandchildren. She is married to John R. Chaney, her writing colleague, for Gifts from the Dark: Learning from the Incarceration Experience, and Race, Education & Re-Integrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.