diff --git a/app/services/bulkrax/factory_class_finder.rb b/app/services/bulkrax/factory_class_finder.rb
index bd85f8cdb..ea3a31fd1 100644
--- a/app/services/bulkrax/factory_class_finder.rb
+++ b/app/services/bulkrax/factory_class_finder.rb
@@ -2,28 +2,62 @@
 
 module Bulkrax
   class FactoryClassFinder
+    ##
+    # The v6.0.0 default coercer.  Responsible for converting a factory class name to a constant.
+    module DefaultCoercer
+      ##
+      # @param name [String]
+      # @return [Class] when the name is a coercible constant.
+      # @raise [NameError] when the name is not coercible to a constant.
+      def self.call(name)
+        name.constantize
+      end
+    end
+
+    ##
+    # A name coercer that favors classes that end with "Resource" but will attempt to fallback to
+    # those that don't.
+    module ValkyrieMigrationCoercer
+      SUFFIX = "Resource"
+
+      ##
+      # @param name [String]
+      # @param suffix [String] the suffix we use for a naming convention.
+      #
+      # @return [Class] when the name is a coercible constant.
+      # @raise [NameError] when the name is not coercible to a constant.
+      def self.call(name, suffix: SUFFIX)
+        if name.end_with?(suffix)
+          name.constantize
+        else
+          begin
+            "#{name}#{suffix}".constantize
+          rescue NameError
+            name.constantize
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     ##
     # @param entry [Bulkrax::Entry]
     # @return [Class]
-    def self.find(entry:)
-      new(entry: entry).find
+    def self.find(entry:, coercer: Bulkrax.factory_class_name_coercer || DefaultCoercer)
+      new(entry: entry, coercer: coercer).find
     end
 
-    def initialize(entry:)
+    def initialize(entry:, coercer:)
       @entry = entry
+      @coercer = coercer
     end
-    attr_reader :entry
+    attr_reader :entry, :coercer
 
     ##
     # @return [Class] when we are able to derive the class based on the {#name}.
     # @return [Nil] when we encounter errors with constantizing the {#name}.
     # @see #name
     def find
-      # TODO: We have a string, now we want to consider how we coerce.  Let's say we have Work and
-      # WorkResource in our upstream application.  Work extends ActiveFedora::Base and is legacy.
-      # And WorkResource extends Valkyrie::Resource and is where we want to be moving.  We may want
-      # to coerce the "Work" name into "WorkResource"
-      name.constantize
+      coercer.call(name)
     rescue NameError
       nil
     rescue
@@ -41,13 +75,13 @@ def name
              # details.
              Array.wrap(entry.parsed_metadata['work_type']).first
            else
-             # The string might be frozen, so lets duplicate
-             entry.default_work_type.dup
+             entry.default_work_type
            end
 
-      # Let's coerce this into the right shape.
-      fc.tr!(' ', '_')
-      fc.downcase! if fc.match?(/[-_]/)
+      # Let's coerce this into the right shape; we're not mutating the string because it might well
+      # be frozen.
+      fc = fc.tr(' ', '_')
+      fc = fc.downcase if fc.match?(/[-_]/)
       fc.camelcase
     rescue
       entry.default_work_type
diff --git a/lib/bulkrax.rb b/lib/bulkrax.rb
index 3c4c08a0f..e88f608bf 100644
--- a/lib/bulkrax.rb
+++ b/lib/bulkrax.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ class Configuration
     # @param adapter [Class<Bulkrax::PersistenceLayer::AbstractAdapter>]
     attr_writer :persistence_adapter
 
+    ##
+    # @param coercer [#call]
+    # @see Bulkrax::FactoryClassFinder
+    attr_writer :factory_class_name_coercer
+
+    ##
+    # A function responsible for converting the name of a factory class to the corresponding
+    # constant.
+    #
+    # @return [#call, Bulkrax::FactoryClassFinder::DefaultCoercer] an object responding to call,
+    #         with one positional parameter (e.g. arity == 1)
+    #
+    # @example
+    #   Bulkrax.factory_class_name_coercer.call("Work")
+    #   => Work
+    def factory_class_name_coercer
+      @factory_class_name_coercer || Bulkrax::FactoryClassFinder::DefaultCoercer
+    end
+
     ##
     # Configure the persistence adapter used for persisting imported data.
     #
@@ -99,6 +118,8 @@ def config
                  :default_work_type=,
                  :export_path,
                  :export_path=,
+                 :factory_class_name_coercer,
+                 :factory_class_name_coercer=,
                  :field_mappings,
                  :field_mappings=,
                  :file_model_class,
diff --git a/spec/lib/bulkrax_spec.rb b/spec/lib/bulkrax_spec.rb
index 4701b004a..e66e3fa7f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/bulkrax_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/bulkrax_spec.rb
@@ -205,4 +205,14 @@
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:solr_name) }
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:clean!) }
   end
+
+  context '.factory_class_name_coercer' do
+    subject { described_class.factory_class_name_coercer }
+
+    it { is_expected.to respond_to(:call) }
+
+    it "has a method arity of 1" do
+      expect(subject.method(:call).arity).to eq 1
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/bulkrax/factory_class_finder_spec.rb b/spec/services/bulkrax/factory_class_finder_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ebdbd4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/bulkrax/factory_class_finder_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Bulkrax::FactoryClassFinder do
+  let(:legacy_work_class) { Class.new }
+  let(:legacy_work_resource_class) { Class.new }
+  let(:valkyrie_only_resource_class) { Class.new }
+  let(:active_fedora_only_class) { Class.new }
+
+  before do
+    Object.const_set(:LegacyWork, legacy_work_class)
+    Object.const_set(:LegacyWorkResource, legacy_work_resource_class)
+    Object.const_set(:ValkyrieOnlyResource, valkyrie_only_resource_class)
+    Object.const_set(:ActiveFedoraOnly, active_fedora_only_class)
+  end
+
+  after do
+    Object.send(:remove_const, :LegacyWork)
+    Object.send(:remove_const, :LegacyWorkResource)
+    Object.send(:remove_const, :ValkyrieOnlyResource)
+    Object.send(:remove_const, :ActiveFedoraOnly)
+  end
+
+  describe "DefaultCoercer" do
+    it "simply constantizes (unsafely) the given string" do
+      factory_class_name = "Work"
+      expect(described_class::DefaultCoercer.call(factory_class_name)).to eq(Work)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "ValkyrieMigrationCoercer" do
+    it 'favors mapping names to those ending in Resource' do
+      expect(described_class::ValkyrieMigrationCoercer.call("LegacyWork")).to eq(legacy_work_resource_class)
+      expect(described_class::ValkyrieMigrationCoercer.call("LegacyWorkResource")).to eq(legacy_work_resource_class)
+      expect(described_class::ValkyrieMigrationCoercer.call("ValkyrieOnlyResource")).to eq(valkyrie_only_resource_class)
+      expect(described_class::ValkyrieMigrationCoercer.call("ValkyrieOnly")).to eq(valkyrie_only_resource_class)
+      expect(described_class::ValkyrieMigrationCoercer.call("ActiveFedoraOnly")).to eq(active_fedora_only_class)
+      expect { described_class::ValkyrieMigrationCoercer.call("ActiveFedoraOnlyResource") }.to raise_error(NameError)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.find' do
+    let(:entry) { double(Bulkrax::Entry, parsed_metadata: { "model" => model_name }, default_work_type: "Work") }
+    subject(:finder) { described_class.find(entry: entry, coercer: coercer) }
+
+    [
+      [Bulkrax::FactoryClassFinder::DefaultCoercer, "Legacy Work", "LegacyWork"],
+      [Bulkrax::FactoryClassFinder::ValkyrieMigrationCoercer, "Legacy Work", "LegacyWorkResource"],
+      [Bulkrax::FactoryClassFinder::DefaultCoercer, "Legacy Work Resource", "LegacyWorkResource"]
+    ].each do |given_coercer, given_model_name, expected_class_name|
+      context "with an entry with model: #{given_model_name} and coercer: #{given_coercer}" do
+        let(:model_name) { given_model_name }
+        let(:coercer) { given_coercer }
+
+        it { is_expected.to eq expected_class_name.constantize }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end