In this episode managing editor Tyler H.J. Frank and co-editor Mike Manderino chat with Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides and Rebecca Ashley about a recent article they authored in JAAL "Solace, Mobility Strategies, and Meritocracy: High School Seniors Acquiring Social Class Literacy Through Young Adult Literature". Sarigianides and Ashley describe their research engaging a group of high schoolers in analysis of social class through literature. In the conversation, they explore the ways the participants applied their social class literacy lens to their own lives, often finding what the authors refer to as "solace". Additionally, the authors consider the challenges of developing this social class literacy, particularly considering th ...