The purpose of this research was to develop valid and reliable scales that effectively assess counselor education, counseling, and psychology professors' perceptions of personal experience with classism in the professoriate, and the salience of those professionals' class origin identities. This research also offered Social Identity Theory (SIT) as one possible theoretical explanation to account for variations in counselor education, counseling, and psychology professors' perceived personal experience with classism in the professoriate. Study implications and areas for future research are outlined in light of the study findings in this dissertation.