Steve Viscelli
Associate Professor of Practice
University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Fellow
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
I am a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies freight transportation. My first book, The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream (UC Press, 2016), explains how long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue-collar jobs to one of the toughest. My new book project, Driverless? Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker, explores self-driving trucks and their potential impacts on labor and the environment. Currently, I'm researching how Amazon is transforming delivery jobs.
Research Areas
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Transportation Jobs
Automation
Energy in Transportation
Education
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PhD in Sociology, Indiana University
MA in Anthropology, Syracuse University
BA in Philosophy, Colgate University
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This website describes my research on Self-driving trucks, Autonomous Trucks, Worker Misclassification, Trucker Misclassification, Job Losses from Autonomous Trucks, Job losses from Self-driving trucks and policy.