| Straddling Class in the Academy: 26 Stories of Students, Administrators, and Faculty From Poor and Working-Class Backgrounds and Their Compelling Less Contributor(s): Ardoin, Sonja (Author), Martinez, Becky (Author) |
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ISBN: 1620367394 ISBN-13: 9781620367391 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs |
| Dewey: 371.826 |
| LCCN: 2018277687 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Straddling Class in theAcademy is an important book, filled with honest and powerful narrativesfrom students, staff and faculty. It expands our understanding of poor andworking class backgrounds and informs our next steps in addressing the dynamicsof social class in our college classrooms and workspaces. Read this book anddiscover truths that confirm our own reality about social class on campus, challenge us to think differently, and compel us to take action." --Paulette M. Dalpes, Vice President of Student Affairs, Community College of Aurora "Ardoin and martinez have compiled a vital resource for all in academia. Together with their co-authors, theyprovide invaluable first-hand accounts that help readers take ownership oftheir own class identity while also providing possibility models and pathwaysfor persistence. Perhaps the largest contribution this book makes to highereducation is that it provides narratives and tools to build campuses that serveequitably across class. This book is a must-read for all in highereducation."--Peter Paquette, Dean of Students, Coastal Carolina University 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. A concluding chapter proposes means for both increasing social class consciousness and social class inclusivity in the academy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ardoin, Sonja: - "Sonja Ardoin is a learner, educator, facilitator, and author. She originates from "Cajun country" - the small, rural community of Vidrine, LA specifically - and is proud of her first generation college student to Ph.D. educational journey, with degrees from LSU, Florida State, and NC State. A self-described scholar-practitioner, Sonja made the move from full-time administrator to full-time faculty member in 2015 and currently serves as assistant professor of student affairs administration at Appalachian State University. Her career path includes experience in student activities, leadership development, community engagement, fraternity and sorority life, student conduct, and academic advising. Sonja studies social class identity in higher education; college access and success for first generation college students and students from rural areas; student and women's leadership; and professional preparation and career pathways in higher education and student affairs. She stays engaged in the higher education field through presenting, facilitating, and volunteering with national organizations such as ASHE, NASPA, ACPA, LeaderShape, Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Gamma, and Peer Forward and reviewing for several journals. Sonja is also a contributor to the NASPA Center for First-generation Student Success advocacy group, the NASPA Socioeconomic and Class Issues in Higher Education Knowledge Community, and the AFLV Board of Directors. Learn more about Sonja at https: //www.sonjaardoin.com/."Martinez, Becky: - dr. becky martinez is a class-straddling Mixed Race Woman of Color who loves engaging in social class and class(ism). She humbly comes from a family of farmers that now finds herself a first-generation white-collar professional and is still working through what that means. In her professional capacity, becky is an organization development consultant and trainer with a focus on social justice, leadership and organizational change with Infinity Martinez Consulting and a faculty member with the Social Justice Training Institute. Her work centers on dismantling systems of oppression through critical reflection and dialogue intertwined with theoretical models and key concepts. She is passionate about systems thinking while working with campuses, government agencies and community-based organizations to be more equitable with their policies, practices and procedures through an inclusion lens. Prior to consultancy, she was an administrator within the California State University and the University of California systems as well as private liberal arts colleges. She is a Co-Lead facilitator for the LeaderShape Institute, has been a certified trainer for the Anti-Defamation League and the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, and a certified counselor-advocate through Peace over Violence in Los Angeles. Connect further with becky and her work at www.infinitymartinez.com.Washington, Jamie: - "Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, President, Washington Consulting Group (WCG); President & Co-Founder, Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI); President (2019), ACPA - College Student Educators International." |
