{"product_id":"leaps-of-faith-stories-from-working-class-scholars-9781641134637","title":"Leaps of Faith: Stories from Working-Class","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs discourses and programming to support diversity and inclusion across higher education are intensifying, \u003ci\u003eLeaps of Faith: Stories from Working-Class Academics\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of narratives that highlights the “on-the-ground” experiences of working-class students and scholars. These are stories of negotiation, transition, and challenge. These are stories of struggle. These are stories of beating the odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe early works of Ryan and Sackrey (1984), Sennett and Cobb (1993), and Dews and Law (1996) raised the voices of working class academics, and the subject of class in higher education has gained traction—especially with the increasing focus on the enrollment and persistence of first-generation college students. This project situates contributor stories in adult learning and development, with the goal of enhancing dialogue and increasing understanding of a still-hidden population in the academy. \u003ci\u003eLeaps of Faith: Stories from Working-Class Academics\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling collection of reflections from working-class students and scholars from diverse demographic and geographic backgrounds who are currently navigating various transition points and career stages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaps of Faith: Stories from Working-Class Academics\u003c\/i\u003e presents the strengths and gifts of the scholar-contributors and the opportunity to “turn the stories” through accessible and meaningful reflective “telling.” The collection concludes with a discussion of salient implications for working-class students and scholars, those who support their learning and development, and higher education institutions and programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvocation: The Space, The Conversation, The Bridge. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Deep Roots of a Farm-Girl Professor: An Introduction to the Themes of This Book, Joann S. Olson. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Borrowed Identity, Vickie J. Claflin. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Few Good Allies: Developing Educational Leadership in a Community That Needs You, Laura Lee Douglass. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Humble Beginnings to Respected Educator: Navigating the Labyrinth of Lifelong Learning, Bonnie Flynn. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood Girls Know Better: Blue Collar Chicagoland to Academia, Jennifer K. Holtz. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Tale of Two Adult Educators, Carrie Johnson and Vicky Duckworth. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssimilate or Shut Up! Lessons I Learned about Isolation as a Non-Traditional Graduate Student, Jeffrey A. Masko. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Never Thought I’d Find Myself in College, Lisa Modenos. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning Against the Odds: Perspectives on Navigating U.S. Higher Education Environments as a Working-Class Immigrant, Kayon Murray-Johnson and Yvonne Hunter-Johnson. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Impostor to Infiltrator: Leveraging Working-Class Funds of Knowledge to Navigate and Change Academic Culture, Cecilia M. Orphan and Candyce Reynolds. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperiencing Connection: Applied Learning, Anastasia L. Pratt. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGetting Outside of My “Six Blocks” with Bloom, Darryl R. Privott. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Square Peg in a Round Hole: Trying to Find a Fit in the Academy, Amy L. Sedivy- Benton. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy We Need Bridges, Karin Sprow Forté. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Influence of “Have Not-ness” on One Academic Trajectory, Karen A. Stevens. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJourney from Working-Class Student to Scholar: Overcoming Feelings of Otherness, Tina Stinson-DaCruz. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Keep Swimming, Cynthia Suopis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChallenges and Perspectives: Retracing the Steps and Leaps of Faith of a Female African American, Working-Class Scholar’s Journey Toward the Professoriate, Amanda Wilkerson. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelevance, Motivation, and Encouragement: An Educator’s Transformation Origin and Beginnings, Michael T. Worthington. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Fire from Undergraduate Studies, Disillusioned in a Master’s Program: Discovering the Real Meaning of Social Capital Behind the Scene, Yarrow (a pseudonym).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion, Anne C. Benoit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Information Age Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585865056599,"sku":"9781641134637","price":87.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781641134637.jpg?v=1756489558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leaps-of-faith-stories-from-working-class-scholars-9781641134637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}