"Bringing 'Class' into the Business Classroom: Addressing Social Class in Management Education" – AOM PDW
Please join us at AOM for a PDW focused on addressing social class in the management classroom. The pre-registration deadline is Monday, August 1st.
Abstract:
Social class profoundly impacts who experiences (dis)advantage in organizations. Class is influential starting as early as application and selection, and remains so even after individuals walk through an organization's front door-from the meaning of work to interacting with coworkers to achieving performance outcomes to scaling organizational levels. While social class scholars have contributed much in the way of research over the past decade, it is important to think about when and how to bring discussions of class into the business school classroom. This PDW brings together social class scholars, who will present on how they bring "class" into the classroom, including demonstration of experiential exercises and dialogue about the challenges they face navigating issues around class in their classroom policies and interactions with students. Presenters include Andrea Dittman (Emory University), Kristen Lucas (University of Louisville), Sean Martin (University of Virginia), Jessi Streib (Duke University), and Ghazal Zulfiquar (Lahore University of Management Science). Their presentations will be followed by roundtable discussions with the audience, with the goals of helping instructors engage in reflexivity and developing actionable guidance and activities to bring into the business classroom.
This in-person session will take place on Friday, August 5th from 4pm -6:30pm PT at the Seattle Convention Center, Room 211.
If you are interested in attending this PDW, please email one of the co-organizers, Kristie Moergen (Kmoergen@walton.uark.edu) or Jennifer Kish-Gephart (jkishgephart@isenberg.umass.edu), before Monday, August 1st.
Attendance in this session is limited.
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Jennifer Kish-Gephart
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst MA
(484) 557-8539
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