New Book Showcase. Gigs, Startups, Hedge Funds: How Workers Across Industries Navigate Work, Family, and Insecurity
Dates and Times
- Honolulu, USA – Friday, Nov 6, 2026, at 6:00am-7:30am HST
- Los Angeles, USA – Friday, Nov 6, 2026, at 8:00am-9:30am PST
- New York, USA – Friday, Nov 6, 2026, at 11:00am-12:30pm EDT
- London, United Kingdom – Friday, Nov 6, at 4:00pm-5:30pm GMT
- Shanghai, China – Saturday, Nov 7, 2026 at 12:00am- 1:30am CST
- Seoul, South Korea – Saturday Nov 7, 2026 at 1:00am-2:30am KST
Organizers/Presiders
Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne
Caitlyn Collins, Washington University in St. Louis
Moderator
Caitlyn Collins, Associate Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St Louis, US and WFRN Vice President
Author Panelists
Sarah Mosseri, Independent Researcher, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology at University of Georgia, author of Trust Fall: How Workplace Relationships Fail Us (University of California Press, 2025)
Alexandrea Ravenelle, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, author of Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times (University of California Press, 2023)
Megan Tobias Neely, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, author of Hedged Out: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street (University of California Press, 2022)
The Event
This event features three recent books about how workers in diverse occupational sectors—from the gig economy to those employed in restaurants, tech startups, and hedge funds—navigate life’s struggles at the work-family interface in insecure times. Each author will present an engaging overview of their book with a moderated Q&A to follow. This event is free and open to the public.
Registration
To register for the event visit the Virtual Conference Series webpage https://wfrn.org/virtual-conference-series/.