About the Association
The Working-Class Studies Association was formed in 2005 to support and promote interdisciplinary and activist projects focused on working-class lives and culture. The WCSA publishes a semi-annual newsletter, holds annual conferences, sponsors an awards competition, and provides online resources.
Goals
- Promote awareness, growth, and legitimacy of working-class studies internationally
- Promote models of working-class studies that actively involve and serve the interests of working-class people
- Promote critical discussions of the relationships among class, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, and other structures of inequality
- Promote interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary, and disciplinary approaches to studying and teaching about the lived experience of working-class people
- Provide opportunities for academics, artists, activists, workers, independent scholars, students, and others to share their work, make connections with colleagues and professional organizations, and learn about resources
- Facilitate conversations and critical debate engaging diverse intellectual and political approaches to scholarship, teaching, and outreach in working-class studies
- Create partnerships that link scholarship with activism in labor, community, and other working-class social justice organizations
Download the WCSA Constitution as a PDF.
Steering Committee Members
President: Jack Metzgar, Emeritus, Roosevelt University
Past-President: Nick Coles, University of Pittsburgh
President-Elect: Barbara Jensen, Metropolitan State University
Secretary: Michele Fazio, University of North Carolina, Pembroke
Treasurer: Cherie Rankin, Heartland Community College
At-large members:
Newsletter Editor: Christie Launius, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
