Q&A with Contexts Magazine: Pandemic housing decisions
My Summer ‘23 feature article for Contexts uses the stories of two undergraduates, Ashley (working class) and Noah (upper-middle-class), to illustrate how young adults from different social class backgrounds understood and experienced parental support amid COVID-19 campus closures. I recently spoke with Contexts’ Rose Xueqing Zhang about the questions that inspired this project and the insights I hope readers will take away from these students’ stories.
Related Links:
Contexts feature article, “No place like home?”
Contexts blog, “Who’s the grown-up here?”
Journal of Marriage and Family, “Privileged Dependence, Precarious Autonomy”
Sociology Compass, “Parenting young adults across social class: A review and synthesis”
