Melissa Osborne

Stoked to have my podcast episode with @socannex.bsky.social where @danielrmorrison.bsky.social and I discuss Polished in this weeks @americanstudier.bsky.social #scholarsunday!

Thank you! I hope you find it interesting and useful!

Had an awesome time talking with @danielrmorrison.bsky.social about my book, Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility ( @uchicagopress.bsky.social) on @socannex.bsky.social ! Have a listen to learn more about the book and the experience of being #firstgen in college.

Melissa Osborne, "Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility" (U Chicago Press, 2024) Episode · NBN Book of the Day · Why do people go to college? In Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility (U Chicago Press, 2024), Melissa Osborne, an associate professor at Western...

Honored that Polished was chosen as New Books Network Book of the Day!

Super excited to have had the opportunity to chat with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social about Polished (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ! Listen to find out more about my book and the impacts that being a #firstgen has on students, their identities, and their communities.

As a first-gen and a first time author I am over the moon and wildly anxious about the release of this book! More than anything I hope I have written something that will resonate with fellow first-gen folks while also shedding light on the deep impacts of social mobility.

This New Year I am looking forward to seeing my first book launch into the world in 2024!

Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility drops May 1st and is available for pre-order now at: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Also check out the link blurb for more info on the book!