BETH GUTELIUS, Ph.D
Research Director, Center for Urban Economic Development
Senior Researcher, Great Cities Institute
Santa Fe, NM + Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2016: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Urban Planning and Policy
Dissertation: Global production networks “from below”: Geographies of
labor in logistics
Committee: Nik Theodore (chair), Rachel Weber, Brenda Parker, John Jairo
Betancur, Marion Werner (SUNY Buffalo)
2012: Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Zurich, Switzerland
2009: M.U.P.P., University of Illinois at Chicago, Urban Planning and Policy
Specialization: Economic Development
Advisor: Nik Theodore
2000: B.A., Antioch College, Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies
PAID CONSULTING AND RESEARCH
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2019-present: Research on the relationship between logistics outsourcing, labor strategy, and working conditions in the warehousing industry
Ford Foundation and the LIFT Fund
2018-2020: Research on how workers’ rights organizations are using digital tools in their efforts to improve low-wage work
Ford Foundation
2018-2019: Research on how new technologies in the warehousing sector will impact jobs, workers, and the industry. Commissioned by the UC Berkeley Labor Center
Ford Foundation
2018-present: Retrospective look at the last ten years of worker center organizing
Solidago Foundation
2017: Research on collaborations between IPOs and worker centers to pass progressive policy at state and local levels
Irvine Foundation
2017: Research on the worker center ecosystem in California to inform nascent workers’ rights strategy
Ford Foundation
2016-present: Research consultant and advisor to Quality Work and Economic Security program
Funders for a Just Economy/Neighborhood Funders Group
2016-2017: Research and strategy consultant to coordinate and align philanthropic efforts to address the changing nature of work
National Domestic Workers Alliance
2016-2017: Research consultant on survey data analysis
American Federation of Teachers, New Mexico
2016-2017: Research and policy consultant on early childhood education expansion and workforce development
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2016: Research consultant to Foundation’s exploration of the Future of Work and 100&Change grant program
New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice
2015: Research consultant for strategic logistics campaign
SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Center for Urban Economic Development
2019-present Research Director
Conceive of new projects and lead research teams; identify funding opportunities; maintain relationships with partners, funders, and the media.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2014-2015 Research Associate
2012-2014 Research Assistant
Conducted research to inform grant-making, strategy development, and evaluation methods and metrics; reviewed grant proposals and make funding recommendations; managed strategic explorations of new areas of work.
Center for Urban Economic Development
2009-2013 Researcher
Coordinated national and regional research projects on labor and working conditions; designed and fielded surveys; conducted data analysis and evaluations; supported grant writing and proposal development for new research projects.
Active Transportation Alliance/Chicago Department of Transportation
2004-2007 Transportation Planner (consultant)
Coordinated citywide pedestrian policy and planning; managed budget of $2.4 million in federal contracts; wrote successful grants totaling $1.1 million; hired and supervised team of five.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Gutelius, B. (2015). Disarticulating distribution: Labor segmentation and subcontracting in global logistics. Geoforum 60, 53–61.
Book Chapters
Gutelius, B. and Theodore, N. (2017). The future of work: Urban economies in transition, in Jobs and the Labor Force of Tomorrow: Migration, Training, Education, Pagano, A., ed. Champaign: UI Press.
Chang, V. & Gutelius, B. (2016). Field-building in stages: Funding and sustainability in civic innovation, in Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice, Gordon, E. & Mihailidis, P., eds. Boston: MIT Press.
Book Reviews
Gutelius, B. (2019). Matthew Heins: The globalization of American infrastructure: The shipping container and freight transportation. Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies.
Editor-Reviewed Journals
Gutelius, B. (2013). Contract fights, community rights: Chicago teachers and education justice. Progressive Planning 197, 36–39.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Gutelius, B. “‘Lights’ and ‘heavies’: Gendered work in logistics.” Target journal: Economic Geography.
Policy Reports and White Papers
Gutelius, B. (2016). Snapshot of the On-Demand Economy. Prepared for the Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Theodore, N., Gutelius, B. & Burnham, L. (2013). Home Truths: Domestic Workers in California. Prepared for the National Domestic Worker Alliance, New York, New York.
Gutelius, B. & O’Neill-Kohl, S. (2011). Who’s Hiring? Characteristics of Casa Latina Employers. Prepared for Casa Latina Worker Center, Seattle, WA
Gutelius, B. (2010). Bad Jobs in Goods Movement: Warehouse Work in Will County, Ill. Prepared for Warehouse Workers for Justice, Chicago, IL
O’Neill-Kohl, S., Gutelius, B., Dickson-Quesada, A., & Tarczynska, K. (2010). Creating Routes to Advancement in Contingent Labor Markets: Workforce Development Activities of Day Labor Centers. Prepared for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Los Angeles, CA