Psychology and the Social Class Worldview

Anne E. Noonan is Professor of Psychology at Salem State University, Massachusetts, USA, where she regularly teaches courses in the writing-intensive curriculum, as well as in the diversity, power dynamics, and social justice curriculum. She is also a published author of creative nonfiction. Her research interests include the psychology of interpersonal relationships, the psychological and subjective aspects of social class and other social constructs, and narrative psychology. William Ming Liu is Professor of Counseling Psychology and Department Chair at the University of Maryland, USA. He is the author or editor of several books on social class in the helping professions, Asian American men and masculinities, and multicultural competencies in counseling. His research interests are in social class and classisms, men and masculinity, and White supremacy and White privileges.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Power of Story






Social Class: It’s Complicated



What Does a Psychology of Social Class Look Like?: Internalizing the Structural
Accompanying Essay: The Breadwinner, William Ming Liu




Economic Cultures, Capital Demands and Social Class: Component 1 of the SCWM-R
Accompanying Essays: A Good School, J.D. Scrimgeour; Ghetto Fabulous, Tina Fakhrid-Deen




Development of the Social Class Worldview (Lessons, Levels, and Lenses): Component 2 of the SCWM-R
Accompanying Essays: Thanks, But No Thanks, Courtney Eldridge; Stink Tree, Anne E. Noonan




Classism Means More Than You Might Think: Component 3 of the SCWM-R
Accompanying Essays: The Poet and the Pauper, Meliza Bañales; Winter Coat, Terri Griffith




Social Class, Race and Intersectionality: A Final Look Before We Go

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