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Posts by 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!

10 months ago 6 0 1 0

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

10 months ago 2 0 0 0

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.

11 months ago 6 1 0 0
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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!

1 year ago 13 2 0 1

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.

1 year ago 6 3 1 0

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.

2 years ago 5 0 0 0
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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!

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