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- Title: Straddling Class in the Academy
- Author : Sonja Ardoin
- Release Date : January 31, 2019
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 5005 KB
Description
Why do we feel uncomfortable talking about class? Why is it taboo? Why do people often address class through coded terminology like trashy, classy, and snobby? How does discriminatory language, or how do conscious or unconscious derogatory attitudes, or the anticipation of such behaviors, impact those from poor and working class backgrounds when they straddle class?
Through 26 narratives of individuals from poor and working class backgrounds – ranging from students, to multiple levels of administrators and faculty, both tenured and non-tenured – this book provides a vivid understanding of how people can experience and straddle class in the middle, upper, or even elitist class contexts of the academy.
Through the powerful stories of individuals who hold many different identities--and naming a range of ways they identify in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, ability, and religion, among others--this book shows how social class identity and classism impact people's experience in higher education and why we should focus more attention on this dimension of identity.
The book opens by setting the foundation by examining definitions of class, discussing its impact on identity, and summarizing the literature on class and what it can tell us about the complexities of class identity, its fluidity, sometimes performative nature, and the sense of dissonance it can provoke.
This book brings social class identity to the forefront of our consciousness, conversations, and behaviors and compels those in the academy to recognize classism and reimagine higher education to welcome and support those from poor and working class backgrounds. Its concluding chapter proposes means for both increasing social class consciousness and social class inclusivity in the academy. It is a compelling read for everyone in the academy, not least for those from poor or working class backgrounds who will find validation and recognition and draw strength from its vivid stories.
Foreword—Jamie Washington
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1) Social Class in the Academy
2) The Undergraduate Student Perspective—Narratives by Daniel Espiritu, Kevyanna Rawls, and Téa N. Wimer
3) The Graduate Student Perspective—Narratives by Constanza A. Cabello, Dylan R. Dunn, and Carmen Rivera
4) The Early Career Administrator Perspective—Narratives by Armina Khwaja Macmillan, Timothy M. Johnson, and Brenda Lee Anderson Wadley
5) The Mid Career Administrator Perspective—Narratives by Sara C. Furr, Jacinda M. Félix Haro, and Sally G. Parish
6) The Senior Administrator Perspective—Narratives by Mamta Motwani Accapadi, Thomas C. Segar, and Jeremiah Shinn
7) The Nontenured Faculty Perspective—Narratives by Loren Cannon, Raul Fernandez, and Tori Svoboda
8) The Tenured Faculty Perspective—Narratives by Nancy J. Evans, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr., and Larry D. Roper
9) The External Educator Perspective—Narratives by Briza K. Juarez, Edward Pickett III, and Roxanne Villaluz
10) Shared Social Class Experiences and the Intersectionality of Identity
11) Conclusion: Increasing Social Class Consciousness and Inclusivity in Higher Education
References
Authors and Contributors
Index