University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations Dissertations and Theses Spring August 2014 On Being and Becoming: An Exploration of Young People’s On Being and Becoming: An Exploration of Young People’s Experiences with Status and Power Experiences with Status and Power Keri L. DeJong University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2 Part of the Other Education Commons Recommended Citation Recommended Citation DeJong, Keri L., "On Being and Becoming: An Exploration of Young People’s Experiences with Status and Power" (2014). Doctoral Dissertations. 71. https://doi.org/10.7275/9zvb-3c13 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/71 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@library.umass.edu.