After Freedom

Katherine S. Newman is the James Knapp Dean of the Arts and Sciences and professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of twelve books on poverty, the working poor, and the consequences of inequality, including The Accordion Family and The Missing Class. She lives in Baltimore, MD.   Ariane De Lannoy is a senior researcher at the Children’s Institute and lecturer in the Sociology Department at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on youth transitions to adulthood in South Africa, and she has published on young adults’ educational decision making, youth belonging and citizenship, and youth violence in a context of poverty. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.