Steve Viscelli, an associate professor of practice in the department of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences, was named by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to the Truck Leasing Task Force of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The task force will investigate predatory leasing practices in the trucking industry, practices Dr. Viscelli had documented in his 2016 book, The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream.

The appointment of Dr. Viscelli, who is also a Kleinman Center for Energy Policy faculty fellow, will last two years.