Geoffrey Moss is a full-time Professor of Instruction in Sociology at Temple University. He previously published two books, Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City: A Case Study of Lawrenceville Pittsburgh (2017) and Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). The later book was co-authored with Keith McIntosh and Rachel Wildfeuer. He has also published articles in the Journal of Criminal Justice, Economic and Industrial Democracy, and School Organization.Keith McIntosh recently received his Ph.D from the Department of Sociology at Temple University. He previously co-authored a book with Geoffrey Moss and Rachel Wildfeuer, Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). His (2021) dissertation investigated a gentrifying community in Philadelphia, and covered the role of the Church, race, and class in shaping relationships between gentrifiers and long-time residents.Ewa Protasiuk is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Temple University. She has presented her work at the American Sociological Association and Eastern Sociological Society annual conferences. She is currently writing a dissertation about work, inequality, and the pandemic within Philadelphia restaurants.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Specialty Coffee Shops and the Job of the BaristaChapter 3: Why They Work as BaristasChapter 4: ClassChapter 5: A Taste for Inclusion? Racial and Gender Inequality in a Hip, Low-Wage Service JobChapter 6: Baristas as Residential GentrifiersChapter 7: Coffee Shops as Agents of Commercial Gentrification: Views of Coffee Shop Owners, Managers, and BaristasChapter 8: Conclusion

Geoffrey Moss is a full-time Professor of Instruction in Sociology at Temple University. He previously published two books, Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City: A Case Study of Lawrenceville Pittsburgh (2017) and Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). The later book was co-authored with Keith McIntosh and Rachel Wildfeuer. He has also published articles in the Journal of Criminal Justice, Economic and Industrial Democracy, and School Organization.Keith McIntosh recently received his Ph.D from the Department of Sociology at Temple University. He previously co-authored a book with Geoffrey Moss and Rachel Wildfeuer, Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). His (2021) dissertation investigated a gentrifying community in Philadelphia, and covered the role of the Church, race, and class in shaping relationships between gentrifiers and long-time residents.Ewa Protasiuk is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Temple University. She has presented her work at the American Sociological Association and Eastern Sociological Society annual conferences. She is currently writing a dissertation about work, inequality, and the pandemic within Philadelphia restaurants.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Specialty Coffee Shops and the Job of the BaristaChapter 3: Why They Work as BaristasChapter 4: ClassChapter 5: A Taste for Inclusion? Racial and Gender Inequality in a Hip, Low-Wage Service JobChapter 6: Baristas as Residential GentrifiersChapter 7: Coffee Shops as Agents of Commercial Gentrification: Views of Coffee Shop Owners, Managers, and BaristasChapter 8: Conclusion

Geoffrey Moss is a full-time Professor of Instruction in Sociology at Temple University. He previously published two books, Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City: A Case Study of Lawrenceville Pittsburgh (2017) and Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). The later book was co-authored with Keith McIntosh and Rachel Wildfeuer. He has also published articles in the Journal of Criminal Justice, Economic and Industrial Democracy, and School Organization.Keith McIntosh recently received his Ph.D from the Department of Sociology at Temple University. He previously co-authored a book with Geoffrey Moss and Rachel Wildfeuer, Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). His (2021) dissertation investigated a gentrifying community in Philadelphia, and covered the role of the Church, race, and class in shaping relationships between gentrifiers and long-time residents.Ewa Protasiuk is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Temple University. She has presented her work at the American Sociological Association and Eastern Sociological Society annual conferences. She is currently writing a dissertation about work, inequality, and the pandemic within Philadelphia restaurants.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Specialty Coffee Shops and the Job of the BaristaChapter 3: Why They Work as BaristasChapter 4: ClassChapter 5: A Taste for Inclusion? Racial and Gender Inequality in a Hip, Low-Wage Service JobChapter 6: Baristas as Residential GentrifiersChapter 7: Coffee Shops as Agents of Commercial Gentrification: Views of Coffee Shop Owners, Managers, and BaristasChapter 8: Conclusion