Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email: jcalarco@wisc.edu
Website: http://www.jessicacalarco.com/
Twitter: @JessicaCalarco
Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers and Systems) / Children / Marriage, Cohabitation & Committed Relationships / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Economic Inequality / Family Care (Adults, Children, & Disabilities) / Feminism & Families / Fertility, Reproduction, & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Parenthood / Public Policy / Labor & Workforce / Reproductive Health / Work & Family
Jessica Calarco is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research uses qualitative and mixed methods to examine inequalities in education and family decision-making. Calarco is the author of four books: Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School (Oxford, 2018), Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research (University of California, 2022), A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum (Princeton, 2020), and Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Social Safety Net (Penguin Random House, 2024). Calarco has also written for high-profile media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, Inside Higher Ed, CNN, and NBC News.
