Date:
Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location:
William James Hall 1550
Viviana Zelizer, Lloyd Cotsen ‘50 Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
As elite universities increasingly recruit low-income students into a mostly affluent campus community, how do students manage economic disparities in their everyday interactions? Drawing from interviews with Princeton undergraduates, the paper explores cross-class transactions involving shared expenses, loans, and gifts.