Juliet Schor is a professor of sociology at Boston College.  Her research over the past decade has been focused on issues pertaining to trends in work and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and economic justice. She is the author of several books, and is currently working on a project about the commercialization of childhood. she is also interested in issues of environmental sustainability and its relation to Americans' lifestyles. Her books include The Overworked American, After the Gig, The Overspent American, and Four Days a Week.