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Class Dismissed: Exploring the Semiotic Niche of Academicians with Working Class Roots

Author

• • Robin Redmon Wright
  • Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg

Abstract

This paper is one part of a larger study of scholars with working-class backgrounds. The purpose was to find factors in their working-class upbringing that led to their pursuit of a doctorate and life in the academy. In this section, I use symbolic conversion theory and biosemiotics to in the analysis and discussion of two major threads running through the study: the role of parochial education and an early passion for reading. Keywords: class, social justice, biosemiotics, symbolic convergence, higher education, embodied.

Keywords: class, social justice, biosemiotics, symbolic convergence, higher education, embodied

How to Cite: Wright, R. R. (2012) “Class Dismissed: Exploring the Semiotic Niche of Academicians with Working Class Roots”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2012).