Anthony Abraham Jack is a first-generation college student who received his B.A. from Amherst College in women’s and gender studies and religion, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in sociology. He is a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Shutzer Assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Jack’s work examines the often-overlooked diversity of low-income college students. In 2019, Jack published his first book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students.
This podcast episode is included in the curriculum:
Navigating Non-Ideal Institutions: The Case of The Privileged Poor Curriculum