Championship Round!
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
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Book title: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Book author(s)/editor(s): J. D. Vance
Paperback price: $10
288 pages
Other formats available:
- Audible audiobook: Yes
- CD audiobook: Yes
- Kindle: Yes
Used as common read elsewhere?
Yes (13+ colleges/universities); Teaching guide
Why do you think the LSSU Campus should read this book? How will it build community? start conversations? encourage social engagement? empower critical thinking?
As the first person in his family to go to college, Vance, who went on to graduate from Yale Law School, describes in an engaging first person narrative ,his struggle between two social worlds. While moving into a different educational and professional world from his family, Vance describes how the values of his grandmother and his extended family in rural West Virginia, remained with him even though they often conflicted with the values to which he was exposed in the university. Vance also describes the underlying tensions in values and beliefs between differing cultures that have emerged in the form of political polarization in today’s America.
What kinds of campus programs do you imagine could be offered if this book was chosen as the LSSU Campus Read?
Lectures, discussion groups, bring the author to campus; I believe a film is being made based on the book
Anything else you would like to add to support choosing this book as the next LSSU Campus Read title?
Having recently completed research on first generation college students that reportedly comprise 60% of LSSU’s student body, Vance’s experience has a number of similarities with those described by participants in our research.
VERSUS
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Book title: What the Eyes Don’t See
Book author(s)/editor(s): Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
Paperback price: $12
384 pages
Other formats available:
- Audible audiobook: Yes
- CD audiobook: Yes
- Kindle: Yes
Used as common read elsewhere?
Yes – 3 colleges/universities; Guide available
Why do you think the LSSU Campus should read this book? How will it build community? start conversations? encourage social engagement? empower critical thinking?
the flint water crisis and social engagement
What kinds of campus programs do you imagine could be offered if this book was chosen as the LSSU Campus Read?
water quality, Superior as a lake, Superior as a University