Sloan TalbotGraduate Student

I'm largely interested in studying the interplay between external categorization and cultural processes such as identification and evaluation across macro, meso, and micro levels. 

 

At the institutional level, I am curious where and why classifications arise, and the attached social and material resources that are allocated as a result of them over time. At the group and individual level, I explore what the category means for those categorized and how it matters for group belonging, community making, and individuals' sense of self.

 

My current research qualitatively explores the first generation and/or lower-income college student (1G/LI) categorization within the field of higher education. I specifically focus on how first generation and/or lower income college alumni make meaning of the 1G/LI categorization outside the college context.