Lunchtime Seminar: Social Class from Adolescence to Adulthood

For Immediate Release: September 29, 2011


The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) continues its fall lunchtime seminar series October 13th with “Social Class from Adolescence to Adulthood,” presented by Allison Tracy, Ph.D., WCW methodologist. Social class is a pervasive part of individuals' internal social worlds. During the transition from adolescence to adulthood, individuals are actively accumulating resources that translate into perceived social class. In this presentation, Tracy will present a study of the implications of shifts in social class as youths begin to actively contribute to their own social class, rather than to simply assume their parents' social class.

Lunchtime seminars are held Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Centers' Cheever House location, 828 Washington Street, Wellesley. The programs are free and open to the public. Bring your lunch, WCW will provide tea and coffee. To confirm program line-up, call 781 283 2500 or visit www.wcwonline.org/calendar.

The Wellesley Centers for Women is one of the largest gender-focused research-and-action organizations in the world. Scholars at the Centers conduct social science research and evaluation, develop theory and publications, and implement training programs on issues that put women’s lives and women’s concerns at the center. Since 1974, our work has generated changes in attitudes, practices, and public policy.