Archive: Working-Class Studies

• WCP: Now Is the Time: Working-Class Studies in the Trump Era

  After endless analyses and commentaries on the factors that propelled Donald Trump to the Presidency, it is time to prepare for the road ahead. In this week's post, Sherry Linkon provides a blueprin

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Academia, Donald Trump, Higher education, John Russo, Presidential Election, Sherry Linkon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Studies

• WCP: 2016 WCSA Awards: The Best of Working-Class Studies

  On June 9-11 at the How Class Works conference hosted at SUNY Stony Brook, the Working-Class Studies Association will recognize the best new work in the field. In this week's Working-Class Perspecti

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Bottom Dog Press, Christie Launius, Douglas Yarrow, John Russo, Literature, Mike Yarrow, Poetry, Ruth Yarrow, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Studies, Working-Class Studies Association

• WCP: Working-Class Academics and Working-Class Studies: Still Far from Home?

  Recent changes in higher education have had a profound impact on academics who come from working-class backgrounds. In this week's Working-Class Perspectives post, Sherry Linkon contemplates the cla

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Academia, Higher education, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Studies

• WCP: Teaching Work and Learning from Working-Class Students

  We have a lot to learn from working-class students, who face unique challenges in higher education. As Tim Strangleman points out in this week's Working-Class Perspectives post, students who are inv

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Higher education, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Students, Working-Class Studies

• Let These Courses Be Your Springboard for the New Semester

      For those of you seeking interesting courses  to round out your schedule for the Spring Semester, you’re in luck. The following is a sampling of undergraduate courses that touch on labor and ec

  Category: Labor Studies Tags: Course List, Working-Class Studies