Carrie M. Lane is Chair and Professor of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton, where she teaches about work, gender, community, ethnography, and disability. She earned a BA in cultural anthropology with a concentration in women’s studies at Princeton University and a PhD in American Studies at Yale University. Her research focuses on how work is changing in the Unites States, and what that means for individual workers as well as their families, communities, and country.

Lane’s newest book, "More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn’t Working," uses the fascinating field of professional organizing to illuminate what’s not working in American society today and point us toward more humane ways of working and living amidst an era of uncertainty and overwhelm. Her other works include the award-winning "A Company of One: Insecurity, Independence, and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment" and the edited volume "Anthropologies of Unemployment: New Perspectives on Work and Its Absence." She regularly publishes in newspapers, magazines, and academic journals.

Lane co-edits the "Anthropology of Contemporary North America" book series for University of Nebraska Press and is an Editorial Board member of Anthropology of Work Review. She recently served as her university’s inaugural Scholarly Publications Faculty Fellow, mentoring faculty authors as they prepare and revise their work for publication. She’s led study abroad trips for CSUF students to Indonesia, Denmark, and South Africa.

When not working, Lane loves to read, run, puzzle, and paddle board, and to snuggle every dog that will tolerate it. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

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