Melissa Swauger, PhD
This workshop examines how gender, race, and social class work together to influence aspirations and opportunities. Data gathered from a sample of working class, white and African American girls will be used as a case study to understand how economic, social, and cultural capital influences life chances and social mobility.
Objectives
- Define social class from a sociological perspective.
- Explain Bourdieu's forms of capital - economic, social, cultural.
- Discuss how class matters in aspiration formation.
- Interpret how families, schools, and communities reproduce social class.
- Distinguish how individuals enact agencies to defy social class reproduction patterns.
Target Audience: Counselors, educators. Intermediate level. CE credits offered = 1.5 contact hours