Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

13. Van Fossen, J. A., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., Baker, N. M., Chang, C.-H., & Cotten, S. R. (2024). Striving for the self: A self-regulation model of positive identity maintenance in platform-based gig drivers. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2828 (open access)

12. Wang, S., Agrawal, S., Mack, E. A., Kalani, N., Cotten, S. R., Chang, C.-H., & Savolainen, P. T. (2024). Downscaling occupational employment data from the state to the Census tract level. Applied Geography, 170(103349). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103349. View PDF (preprint)

11. Schuster, A. M., Van Fossen, J. A., Agrawal, S., Wang, S., Mack, E. A., Tidwell, M. L., & Cotten, S. R. (2024). Disadvantaged workers are not all alike in attitudes towards automation. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 26, 101164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101164 (open access)

10. Torosyan, K., Wang, S., Mack, E. A., Van Fossen, J. A., & Baker, N. (2023). Assessing the impact of technological change on similar occupations: Implications for employment alternatives. PLOS ONE, 18(9): e0291428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291428 (open access)

9. Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Britt, N., Sperry, D., Van Fossen, J. A., Wang, S., Mack, E. A., & Cotten, S. R. (2023). Will automated vehicles solve the truck driver shortages? Perspectives from the trucking industry. Technology in Society, 74, 102313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102313. View PDF (preprint)

8. Wang, S., Mack, E. A., Van Fossen, J. A., Medwid, L., Cotten, S. R., Chang, C. -H., Mann, J., Miller, S. R., Savolainen, P. T., & Baker, N. (2023). Assessing alternative occupations for truck-drivers in an emerging era of autonomous vehicles. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100793

7. Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Sperry, D., Cotten, S. R., & Chang, C.-H. (2023). Concerns, career decisions, and role changes: A qualitative study of perceptions of autonomous vehicles in the trucking industry. Work, Aging, and Retirement, waac037. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waac037

6. Agrawal, S., Schuster, A. M., Britt, N., Mack, E. A., Tidwell, M. L., & Cotten, S. R. (2023). Building on the past to help prepare the workforce for the future with automated vehicles: A systematic review of automated passenger vehicle deployment timelines. Technology in Society, 72, 102186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102186 (open access)

5. Van Fossen, J. A., Chang, C.-H., Ford, J. K., Mack, E. A., & R. Cotten, S. (2022). Identifying alternative occupations for truck drivers displaced due to autonomous vehicles by leveraging the O*NET database. American Behavioral Scientist, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221127239

4. Sperry, D., Schuster, A. M., Cotten, S. R., Agrawal, S., Mack, E. A., Britt, N., & Liberman, J. (2022). Trucking in the era of COVID-19. American Behavioral Scientist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642211066039. View PDF (preprint)

3. Agrawal, S., Schuster, A., Britt, N., Liberman, J. & Cotten, S. R., (2021). Expendable to essential? Changing perceptions of gig workers on Twitter in the onset of COVID-19. Information, Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2020323 (open access)

2. Mack, E. A., Agrawal, S., & Wang, S. (2021). The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on transportation employment: A comparative analysis. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 12, 100470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100470 (open access)

1. Mack, E. A., Miller, S. R., Chang, C. H., Van Fossen, J. A., Cotten, S. R., Savolainen, P. T., & Mann, J. (2021). The politics of new driving technologies: Political ideology and autonomous vehicle adoption. Telematics and Informatics, 61, 101604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101604

White Papers

1. Van Fossen, J. A., Chang, C.-H., Ford, J. K., Mack, E. A., & Cotten, S. R. (2020). Identifying optimal transition careers for drivers displaced due to autonomous vehicles [White paper]. Michigan State University. View PDF

32. Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Mack, E. A., Chang, C. H., & Cotten, S. R. (April 2-5, 2025). Age interacts with job satisfaction and continuance commitment to predict driver willingness to retrain for automation. New insights for age differences and supporting factors for adapting to work changes [Paper]. 40th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference, Denver, CO.

31. Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, August 9-13). Researchers’ experiences with online survey fraudulent responders [Paper]. 119th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

30. Britt, N., Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Chang, C.-H., Van Fossen, J. A., Mack, E. A., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, August 9-13). Truck drivers and autonomous trucks: A topic modeling analysis of truck driver posts [Paper]. 119th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

29. Schuster, A. M., Tidwell, M. L., Watson, G. P., Britt, N., Mack, E. A., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, June 5-7). Riding the COVID wave: Gig and taxi drivers’ experiences working during COVID-19. Trials and triumphs in the gig economy: Research on stressors and paths to thriving for app-based gig workers [Paper]. 16th annual European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference. Granada, Spain.

28. Baker, N. M., Van Fossen, J. A., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., Chang, C. H. & Cotten, S. R. (2024, June 5-7). Light and dark paths for identity viability in precarious work: Basic need fulfillment for gig drivers. Trials and triumphs in the gig economy: Research on stressors and paths to thriving for app-based gig workers [Paper]. 16th Annual European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference. Granada, Spain.

27. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Tidwell, M., Wang, S., Schuster, A. M., Baker, N., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, May 15-17). It’s more than money: the true costs of spam in online survey research [Poster]. 79th Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference. Atlanta, GA.

26. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., & Cotten, S.R. (2024, May 11-16). ‘Cool, so many responses. Wait, so many responses!’ Our first real experience with online survey bots [Paper]. ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Honolulu, Hawaii.

25. Watson, G.P., Schuster, A.M., Agrawal, S., & Cotten, S.R. (2024, May 8). Strategies to Prevent Fraudulent Responders Infiltrating Online Survey Research. Challenges of Data Collection in the Age of AI [Paper]. Clemson Research Symposium. Clemson, SC.

24. Watson, G. P., Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Tidwell, M., & Cotten, S. R. (2024, April 17-20). Navigating change: Exploring gig and taxi drivers’ perceptions of autonomous vehicles and their influence on turnover intentions. Modern Careers Research on Success, Satisfaction, and Continuance in the Gig Economy [Paper]. 39th Annual Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference. Chicago, IL.

23. Van Fossen, Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., Baker, N., Chang, C.-H, & Cotten, S.R. (2024, April 17-20). Striving for identity: A self-regulatory model of career success and identity work in platform-based gig drivers. Modern Careers Research on Success, Satisfaction, and Continuance in the Gig Economy [Paper]. 39th Annual Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference. Chicago, IL.

22. Agrawal, S., Watson, G. P., Wang, S., Baker, N., Tidwell, M., Kalani, N., Schuster, A. M., & Cotten, S. R. (2023, November 8-11). Are you For Real?? The research costs of Fraudulent Responses in online survey studies [Paper]. Work, Stress, and Health (WSH) Conference, virtual. View recorded video

21. Baker, N., Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Chang, C., & Ford, J. K. (2023, November 8). Demand-abilities fit and prestige influence older workers’ interest in alternative jobs [Poster]. Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, Tampa, FL.

20. Mack, E. A., Wang, S., Kalani, N., Tidwell, M., Cotten, S. R., Chang, C., & Ford, J. K. (2023, October 19-21). Truck driver training: Considerations for workforce development [Paper]. Association Collegiate School of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Miami, FL.

19. Agrawal, S., Schuster, A. M., Britt, N., Mack, E. A., Tidwell, M., & Cotten, S. (2023, August 9-10). Building on the past to help prepare the workforce for the future with automated vehicles: A systematic review of automated passenger vehicle deployment timelines [Paper]. 5th Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Online Conference, virtual. View session video

18. Van Fossen, J. A., Watson, G. P., Schuster, A. M., Baker, N., Chang, C.-H., & Cotten, S. R. (2023, August 4-8). Paths of identity development and identity archetypes in platform-based gig driving [Paper]. The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.

17. Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., Britt, N., Sperry, D., Van Fossen, J. A., Wang, S., Mack, E. A., Liberman, J., & Cotten, S. R. (2023, January 8-12). Will automated vehicles solve the truck driver shortages? Perspectives from the trucking industry [Paper and Poster]. Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual meeting, Washington, D.C.

16. Wang, S., & Mack, E. A. (2022, November 9-12). Technological change for precarious work: Perception of autonomous vehicles from transportation platform drivers [Paper]. North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.

15. Schuster, A. M., Liberman, J., Agrawal, S., Wang, S., Mack, E. A., Sperry, D., Van Fossen, J. A., & Cotten, S. R. (2022, August 5-6). The future of gig work drivers in the era of automated vehicles [Paper]. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

14. Cotten, S. R., Mack, E. A., Chang, C.-H., Ford, J. K., Savolainen, P., Verboncoeur, J., & Hale, T. (2022, July 18-21). Preparing the Future Workforce for the Era of Automated Vehicles [Roundtable session]. Automated Road Transportation Symposium (ARTS), Garden Grove, CA.

13. Wang, S., Van Fossen, J. A., Mack, E. A., Agrawal, S., Chang, C.-H., Cotten, S. R., & Savolainen, P. (2022, June 7-9). Technological change and the workforce: An occupational perspective [Paper]. The 6th Global Conference on Economic Geography, Dublin, Ireland.

12. Van Fossen, J. A., Schuster, A. M., Sperry, D., Cotten, S. R., & Chang, C.-H. (2022, June 1-3). A qualitative study of selection, retention, and training challenges for truck drivers in the era of automated vehicles [Paper]. 8^th annual e-HRM International Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.

11. Agrawal, S., Wang, S., Cotten, S. R., Mack, E. A., Chang, C.-H., Ford, J. K., Savolainen, P., Verboncoeur, J., & Hale, T. (2022, January 9-13). NSF project WEAVE: “Preparing the Future Workforce for the Era of Automated Vehicles”: Project overview and preliminary results [Poster]. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.

10. Agrawal, S., Sperry, S., Britt, N., Cotten, S. R., & Mack, E. A. (2022, January 9-13). Barriers and facilitators to automated vehicle deployment: A review of past and current timeline predictions [Poster]. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.

9. Mack, E. A., Agrawal, S., & Wang, S. (2022, January 9-13). The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on transportation employment: A comparative analysis [Poster]. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.

8. Mack, E. A., Cotten, S. R., Chang, C.-H., Ford, J. K., Savolainen, P., Verboncoeur, J., Hale, T., Schuster, A. M., Agrawal, S., & Wang, S. (2021, December 15). Preparing the Workforce for the Era of Autonomous VEhicles [Paper]. International Association of Transportation Regulators (IATR) Conference, virtual. View PDF or View session video

7. Schuster, A. M., Van Fossen, J. A., Sperry, D., & Cotten, S. R. (2021, November 10-13). Fear, resistance, or anticipation? Older truck drivers’ reactions to the adoption of automated vehicles [Poster]. Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, virtual. View PDF

6. Wang, S., Mack, E. A., Cotten, S. R., Chang, C.-H., Van Fossen, J. A., Agrawal, S., & Baker, N. (2021, November 8-13). Occupational transitions for older workers in an era of technological change [Paper]. 68th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC), virtual.

5. Sperry, D., Schuster, A., Cotten, S. R., Agrawal, S., Mack, E. A., Britt, N., & Liberman, J. (2021, August 5-6). Trucking in the era of COVID-19 [Conference presentation]. Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Online Conference, virtual. View PDF or View session video

4. Sperry, D., Schuster, A., Cotten, S. R. (presenter), Agrawal, S., Mack, E. A., Britt, N., & Liberman, J. (2021, August 5). Trucking during the time of COVID-19 [Paper]. 2021 Media Sociology Symposium (CITAMS), virtual. View PDF

3. Agrawal, S., Schuster, A., Britt, N. (presenter), Liberman, J., & Cotten, S. R. (2021, August 5). Changes in public perception of gig work during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper]. 2021 Media Sociology Symposium (CITAMS), virtual. View PDF

2. Mack, E. A. (2021, May 25-28). Perceived benefits and concerns of autonomous vehicle adoption [Paper]. 13th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), virtual. View PDF

1. Van Fossen, J. A., Chang, C-H., Ford, J. K., Mack, E. A., & Cotten, S. R. (2020, July 27-30). Transitioning the driving workforce into the era of automated vehicles [Poster]. 2020 Automated Vehicles Symposium, virtual. View PDF

1. Yankelevich, A., Rikard, R. V., Kadylak, T., Hall, M. J., Mack, E. A., Verboncoeur, J. P., & Cotten, S. R. (2018). Preparing the workforce for automated vehicles. American Center for Mobility. View PDF