The Journal of Working-Class Studies
The Journal of Working-Class Studies grew out of collaboration among members of the Working-Class Studies Association. It operates as an independent, open-access, scholarly publication with global contributors and audiences. It is co-edited by Sarah Attfield and Liz Giuffre, University of Technology, Sydney. Christie Launius, Kansas State University, Manhattan, is its “Book Reviews” editor. The Journal is interdisciplinary and publishes both critical and creative work. To read the current call, submit work, or contact the editors to suggest serving as a guest editor on a special issue, please see the Journal’s website. It’s accessible online through the University of Wyoming’s Library at Journal of Working-Class Studies.
WCSA Talks
WCSA Talks podcast, hosted by Jen Vernon, “First-Generation and Working-Class in Higher-Ed” featuring Claude Taylor and Jackie Gabriel. 58:47 mins. Photo of North Park, San Diego, Calif., bar Working Class. Photo taken and podcast launched, Dec. 2022, J. Vernon. Listen on the embedded audio below, soundcloud.com/working-class-studies.
“Talking Class” Series
In 2024, longtime WCSA members Betsy Leondar-Wright and Jack Metzgar pitched a “Talking Class” webinar series to the board at WCSA and was met with enthusiastic support. Today the series runs as a WCSA endorsed event.
View Leondar-Wright’s archive of the Talking Class webinar on her YouTube playlist embedded below. Speakers have included Dorian Warren, the president of Community Change and a founding member of WCSA, sociologist Paul Dean, and many more. Check it out and sign up for the next one on through Leondar-Wright’s EventBrite.
Book Notes
Book Notes is published on this website and provides brief summaries of new books in the field of working-class studies by and of interest to WCSA members. Cherie Madigan, Heartland Community College, Normal, Illinois, does fiction and poetry, and Jack Metzgar, emeritus, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, non-fiction books. Please send them your suggestions for future editions.
Book Notes is periodic summaries of new work by and of interest to members of the Working-Class Studies Association. View the living archive of Book Notes from 2017 to the present under “Book Notes on the Shelf.” Previous issues in various forms are hyperlinked below. Enjoy this treasure trove!
Working-Class Perspectives
Working-Class Perspectives is a blog of commentaries published periodically on current events related to working-class issues in higher-ed, popular culture, politics, and life. Its editors are Sherry Lee Linkon and John Russo, Georgetown University, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Washington, DC. Contributors discuss a variety of issues, from what class means to how it intersects with race, sexuality, and gender to how class is shaping politics. To read the blog and to learn about submitting work, please see its website.