Jessica Calarco
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Topics of expertise- Childcare (Providers & Systems)
- Children & Adolescents
- Division of Labor in Families
- Divorce, Couples Conflict, & Separation
- Economic Inequality
- Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)
- Feminism & Families
- Fertility, Reproduction & Sexual Health
- Gender & Sexuality
- Labor & Workforce
- Marriage, Cohabitation, & Committed Relationships
- Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
- Public Policy
- Reproductive Health
- Work & Family
Email: jcalarco@wisc.edu
Website: https://www.jessicacalarco.com/
Twitter/X: @JessicaCalarco
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.