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Books on Working-Class Academics: Altmetric Analyses of Research and Instructional Impact
Sat, April 23, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (2:30 to 4:00pm PDT), San Diego Convention Center, Floor: Upper Level, Sails PavillionAbstract
This study investigated research and instructional impacts of books of personal essays by faculty from working-class backgrounds (N=11). Book-level analysis was conducted to measure research impact using the Altmetric Explorer online tool and instructional impact using the Open Syllabus Project Explorer online tool. Results on research impacts for books on working class academics produced low impact levels and few books (N=4) had patterns of attention that were limited in scope. Data analysis results on instructional impacts identified that each of the 11 books generated a Teaching Score, but all scores were minimal and indicated low impact levels. The results suggest that issues related to faculty from working-class social origins are vastly underrepresented in national and international discussions of the professoriate.