{"id":2903,"date":"2026-04-01T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:17:27","slug":"virtual-program-professor-dean-discusses-book-focused-on-firstgen-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/virtual-program-professor-dean-discusses-book-focused-on-firstgen-students\/","title":{"rendered":"April 15: (Virtual) Professor Dean discusses Book Focused on First-Gen Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Dean is Professor of Sociology and Department Chair at Ohio Wesleyan University, an award-winning instructor, and author of several books. He will share his current work, focused on class inequality and first-generation students, including his most recent book,\u00a0<em>Class Cultures and Social Mobility: The Hidden Strengths of Working-Class First-Generation Graduates<\/em>\u00a0(Rutgers University Press, 2026) in a virtual program on\u00a0<strong>Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This virtual program is free and requires registration to receive the zoom link &#8211; Registration link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/calendars\/details\/class-cultures-and-the-hidden-strengths-of-working-class-first-generation-graduates\/2026-04-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/calendars\/details\/class-cultures-and-the-hidden-strengths-of-working-class-first-generation-graduates\/2026-04-15\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775142138077000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1s4Hlq1yYZ4D_pRzlcfYt8\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul is also a speaker, consultant, and workshop facilitator helping faculty, staff, and university administrators to better support first-gen students throughout higher education. Read more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drpauldean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drpauldean.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775142138077000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1g32nNVzLqbkKYz4odHixB\">drpauldean.com<\/a>.\u00a0 His book is available for purchase through Rutgers University.\u00a0 Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/class-cultures-and-social-mobility\/9781978845817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/class-cultures-and-social-mobility\/9781978845817&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775142138077000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PW9jwxopZjhUrXu5fUl0C\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to get your copy and take advantage of free shipping and 30% off your purchase by using\u00a0<strong>RUP30<\/strong>\u00a0discount code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Alumni &amp; Family Engagement<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Nancy Rutkowski at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:nbrutkow@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nbrutkow@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Dean is Professor of Sociology and Department Chair at Ohio Wesleyan University, an award-winning instructor, and author of several books. He will share his current work, focused on class inequality and first-generation students, including his most recent book,\u00a0Class Cultures and Social Mobility: The Hidden Strengths of Working-Class First-Generation Graduates\u00a0(Rutgers University Press, 2026) in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[704,705,706,707,650,305,306,490,204],"class_list":["post-2903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-family-engagement","tag-virtual-program","tag-zoom","tag-paul-dean","tag-book","tag-author","tag-discussion","tag-faculty","tag-first-generation","tag-first-gen"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2916,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/2916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}