Project Rebound staff
Project Rebound staff
Dr. Juleen Lam is the Executive Director for Project Rebound. Dr. Lam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health. She has been a professor at the university for six years, teaching and conducting research in environmental health and health disparities.
Dr. Lam is actively involved in community service and has volunteered since 2015 as an instructor at Mount Tamalpais College (formerly Prison University Project) teaching math and science courses to individuals incarcerated at San Quentin Prison. She also volunteers with Canine Companions (training service dogs) and CollegeTrack (tutoring at-risk Oakland high school students).
Juleen's contact information:
Student and Faculty (SF) Support building, Room 533
(510) 885-2195
Melvin Calaway is the Program Coordinator for Project Rebound. As a social worker Mr. Calaway has been dedicated to working with families to provide mental health support. He is an anger management facilitator who has provided academic support to ethnically diverse underserved and formerly incarcerated youth and mentored and recruited students at Chabot College.
A graduate of San Francisco State with a B. A. in psychology, Mr. Calaway is a proud Project Rebound alumnus who is currently pursuing a doctorate in social work. He has deep community ties in Oakland, San Jose, San Leandro, and the East Bay community.
Melvin's contact information:
Robinson Hall, Room 242
(510) 885-3343
Andrea is the Administrative Assistant for Project Rebound.
Andrea's contact information:
Robinson Hall, Room 220
(510) 885-3287
Eldridge Walker is the dedicated STEM tutor and counselor for Project Rebound. Eldridge is a recent CSUEB graduate with a degree in Chemistry and is currently pursuing a masters degree in Chemistry. Eldridge has experience in research and a general knowledge of all STEM fields. Eldridge provides one-one-one tutoring support for Rebound Scholars in all areas related to STEM as well as general peer counseling support.
Eldridge's contact information:
Eldridge.Walker@csueastbay.edu
Forrest Jones is the Lead Student Assistant for Project Rebound.
Forrest Jones was a student in the Prison University Project (now Mt. Tamalpais College), a journalist for the San Quentin newspaper, and a facilitator for self-help prisoners' groups in restorative justice, Victims' Offender Education Group, and Guiding Rage into Power. In 2012 he started the group, Hope for Strikers, and he was featured in the documentary film "People and Power: America's Prison Problem." He is the author of "Black Man In American Today" (Journal of Prisoners, 2020), and of two academic studies, "Striking Report: The Creation, Enactment of the Three Strikes Law, and Appeal to the California Voters to Amend It" (Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 2012) and "The Politics of Crowding in California Prisons" (Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 2014).
Upon release in 2019, after serving 24 years for a nonviolent offense under the California Three Strike Law, Mr. Jones enrolled at Chabot College and then transferred to Cal State East Bay in 2020. Forrest graduated with a degree in Sociology in spring 2023 and is currently pursuing his MSW degree.
Forrest's contact information:
Robinson Hall, Room 244
(510) 885-3340
Esha is a student interns for Project Rebound.
Esha's contact information:
Robinson Hall, Room 220
(510) 885-3287
Eileen Barrett led Project Rebound as its Executive Director from 2022-2023.
Dr. Barrett was a professor of English who taught writing, pedagogy, women's and LGBT literature, feminist and queer theory at Cal State East Bay. Dr. Barrett received numerous awards for her teaching, scholarship, and service. In 2014, she was named Outstanding Professor of the Year. She has taught a required composition course on the theme of democracy and education at Mt Tamalpais College (formerly the Prison University Project). She chairs the Oakland to East Bay Scholarship committee and serves on the Acumen college scholarship for homeless youth committee.
Dr. Barrett retired from Cal State East Bay in 2022 after 35 years of dedicated service. We are thankful for Dr. Barrett's empowering leadership during Project Rebound's first year, which led to tremendous growth of the program and numerous successes for both the program and its Rebound Scholars. Dr. Barrett continues her involvement with Project Rebound in a volunteer capacity, and she is also a member on its Advisory Board.