Dr Adrienne Lee Atterberry

Profile

Adrienne Lee Atterberry aims to understand the experiences of contemporary middle- and upper-class transnationally mobile families. Through her work, she explores how class and ethnic identity shape parenting practices and intergenerational relationships. She also investigates how children and youth work with their parents to secure access to scarce resources, such as elite schools, enriching extracurricular activities, and competitive colleges. Additionally, she interrogates how international mobility affects children and youths’ understanding of and relationship to their ethnic identity.

Research

Publications

Atterberry, Adrienne L. 2022. “Intensive Teaching: Examining Teachers’ Professional Pressures and Pedagogical Practices at an Elite School,” Contemporary Education Dialogue 19(1): 107-131.

Atterberry, Adrienne L. 2022. “Parental aspirations, schools, and the limits of flexible citizenship: Examining elite return migrants’ schooling decisions,” Current Sociology 70(6): 806-823.

Atterberry, A. L., McCallum, D. G., Tu, S., & Lutz, A (Eds.). 2022. Children and Youths’ Migration in a Global Landscape: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth (Vol. 29). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Atterberry, A. 2022. “Transnational migration, ethnic identity, and blurred boundaries: Indian American youth redefine being a second-generation immigrant.” Pp. 51-72 in Children and Youths’ Migration in a Global Landscape, edited by Adrienne Atterberry, Derrace McCallum, Siqi Tu, and Amy Lutz. Emerald.

Atterberry, A. 2023. “Return migration, parenting, and the subcontinent: Parents and youths’ perspectives of life in India.” Pp. 121-135 in Emerald Handbook of Childhood and Youth in Asian Societies, edited by Doris Bühler-Niederberger, Xiaorong Gu, Jessica Schwittek, and Elena Kim. Emerald.

Atterberry, A. 2023 “Family life, schooling, and modernity: Examining the ‘everyday’ experiences of elite adolescence in India.” Pp. 269-290 in Childhoods and Youth in India: Engagements with Modernity, edited by Anandini Dar and Divya Kannan. Palgrave Macmillan.

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