Jake Wilson

Dr. Jake Wilson is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on intersections of race, labor, and global logistics, particularly Amazon’s impact on work, e-commerce’s transformation of labor, and worker resistance movements. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Riverside and has been honored with awards including the UALE Best Book Award (2021) and CSULB’s Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award (2015-2016).

Education: A.A., Mount San Antonio College → B.S. Conservation & Resource Studies (UC Berkeley, magna cum laude) → M.A. & Ph.D. Sociology (UC Riverside).

Research interests span logistics workers, racialized labor divisions, union strategies, and global supply chain struggles. He co-edited *The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy* (Pluto Press, 2020), analyzing Amazon’s global dominance and labor resistance. Current projects include Amazon’s algorithmic management practices and the gig economy’s racialized dynamics.

Awards include the 2021 Climate Justice Fellowship and multiple teaching/research grants. He advises CSU Dominguez Hills’ Labor Studies Program and serves on the California Faculty Association’s Executive Board. His editorial roles include *Work in the Global Economy* and *Journal of Social Justice*.

Teaching includes 'Introduction to Sociology' and 'Environmental Sociology,' with recent London-based courses on 'Global Workers.' He runs the Long Beach Community Internship Program (LBCIP), fostering equity-focused community engagement.