Matthew Crawford A fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture Crawford has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, …  a fellowship at the University of Virginia, and, most important, a scrappy motorcycle-repair shop in Richmond. His book is called “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work” (Penguin; $25.95), and it’s intended as a challenge, a declaration of gearhead pride in an ever more gearless world.