Ewa Protasiuk is an advanced doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at Temple University. She earned her B.A. at Colgate University and her M.A. at Temple University. She is a scholar of work and organizations, labor, and social inequalities whose research focuses on low-wage and non-standard work. Her dissertation examines stability and change in the labor practices of urban restaurants in the wake of disruptions tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her scholarship appears in Work and Occupations, Current Sociology, and Violence Against Women, and she also coauthored the book Barista in the City: Subcultural Lives, Paid Employment, and the Urban Context with her Temple colleagues Geoffrey Moss and Keith McIntosh. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation via the American Sociological Association, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Public Policy Lab at Temple University.