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C.V.

Education
Ph.D., Sociology, 2018
M.Phil, Sociology, 2015
The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Dissertation: The New Entrepreneur: Worker Experiences

in the Sharing Economy (Airbnb, Uber, Taskrabbit &

Kitchensurfing)

 

M.A., Sociology, 2003
Graduate Minor in Women's & Gender Studies
University of Missouri, Columbia
 

Thesis: Ideological Work, Religious Practice and Feminism AmmongModern Orthodox and Southern Baptist Women

 

B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001
University of Missouri, Columbia
LMS Systems

BLACKBOARD

CANVAS

D2L

ECOLLEGE

MOODLE

SAKAI

Courses Taught
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Academic Affiliations
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2019 -- current
Faculty Fellow, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 2020 -- current
 
Visiting Scholar, Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, 2018 -- 2020
Assistant Professor, Mercy College, 2018 -- 2019
Visiting Instructor, Mercy College, 2017 -- 2018

Books
Ravenelle, A.J. The Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. -- in press, October 2023 publication

Ravenelle, A.J. (2019). Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy
. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Crime & Society

Critical Thinking

Drugs & Society

Ethnic Groups in the US

Ethnic Conflict & Genocide

Fieldwork in Entrepreneurship

Intro. to Social Science

Intro. to Sociology

Intro. to Social Systems

Labor Force

Leadership in Film

Marriage & the Family

Minority Groups

Race, Class & Gender

Race & Ethnicity

Race, Crime & Justice

Research Methods

Sexuality & Gender Expression

Scope & Methods in Soc. Sci.

Social Deviance

Social Inequalities

Social Movements

Social Problems

Social Psychology

Social Science Research

Sociology of the Digital Era

Sociology of Gender

Technological Society

Why We Overeat

Women & Development

 

Journal Articles
* Graduate student             **Undergraduate
(Please click on the links below to open papers in a separate window)


Ravenelle, A.J. and Knoble, S.** (in production). 

'“I could be unemployed the rest of the year:”
Unprecedented Times and the Challenges of 'Making More.' RSF.

Ravenelle, A.J., Conley, J.,* & Newell, A.* (2022). "Left Behind: Yachts, Dinghies, and Perceptions of Social Inequality in Covid-19." Sociological Quarterly.  DOI: 10.1080/00380253.2022.2133755


Ravenelle, A.J., & Kowalski, K.C.* (2022). “It’s Not Like Chasing Chanel:” Spending Time, Investing in the Self, and Pandemic Epiphanies. Work and Occupations, 0(0). 
https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884221125246


Ravenelle, A.J., Janko, E.C. * Kowalski, K.C. * (2022). "Good Jobs, Scam Jobs: Detecting, Normalizing, and Internalizing Online Job Scams During the Covid-19 Pandemic," New Media & Society. 24 (7), 1591-1610.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221099223


Ladegaard, I., Ravenelle, A.J. & Schor, J. (2022) "'God Is Protecting Me… And I Have Mace’: Defensive Labour In Precarious Workplaces," The British Journal of Criminology, 62,(3), 773-789 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab080

Ravenelle, A. J., Newell, A.,* & Kowalski, K. C.* (2021). “The Looming, Crazy Stalker Coronavirus”: Fear Mongering, Fake News, and the Diffusion of Distrust. Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211024776

Ravenelle, A.J., Kowalski, K.C,* Janko, E.C. * (2021). "The Side Hustle Safety Net: Precarious Workers and Gig Work During COVID-19." Sociological Perspectives. 64(5), 898-919 https://doi.org/10.1177/07311214211005489

Ravenelle, A.J. (2020).  "Digitalization and the Hybridization of Markets and Circuits in Airbnb." Consumption Markets and Culture. 23(2), 154-173, DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2019.1661244
 
Ravenelle, A.J. (2019) ""We're not Uber." Control, Autonomy, and Entrepreneurship in the Gig Economy," Journal of Managerial Psychology. 34(4), 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-06-2018-0256

Ravenelle, A.J. (2017). Sharing Economy Workers: Selling, Not Sharing. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. 10(2). 281-295. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsw043
 
Memberships

American Sociological Assoc.

Eastern Sociological Society

Assoc. for Study of Food & Soc.

Society for the Study of Social        Problems

The Authors Guild

 

Book
Chapters
Editorial & Reports
Select Funding
UNC Faculty Development grant, 2022

Russell Sage Foundation, Future of Work grant, 2021-2022

National Science Foundation RAPID Response grant, 2020-2021
 
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Knowledge Challenge grant, 2019-2022
 
Mercy College Faculty Development grant, 2018
 
Labor Research Action Network, Emerging Scholars grant, 2018

Graduate Center Early Research Initiative in Interdisciplinary Research in the Service of Public Knowledge, 2017
 
Graduate Center Dissertation Year Award, 2017- 2018
 
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Entrepreneurship, 2017
 
Enhanced Chancellor's Fellowship, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2012-2017
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Teaching

 

Adjunct Instructor, Hostos Community College, Sept. 2010 - July 2019
 
Adjunct Instructor, Social Science Degree Completion Program, Ramapo College, Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2017
 
Adjunct Instructor, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, Aug. 2016  - May 2017
 
Adjunct Instructor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Sept 2016 - May 2017
 
Adjunct Instructor, Excelsior College Online, Feb. 2011 - March 2017
 
Adjunct Instructor, St. Joseph's College, Sept. 2011 - May 2016
 
Graduate Teaching Fellow, City College, CUNY, Aug. 2013 - May 2016
 
Adjunct Instructor, Yeshiva University Stern College for Women, Aug. 2005 - Jan. 2016
 
Adjunct Instructor, Notre Dame College Online, Aug. 2011 - April 2014
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