Michelle Maroto, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Social Stratification Work & Economy Families Social Statistics Research Methodology

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About

I’m a Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta and Director for the Certificate in Applied Social Science Research. I joined the department in 2012 after completing my PhD at the University of Washington. My research expands understandings of social stratification and inequality by focusing on economic insecurity with a special emphasis on wealth, debt, and social class. With an intersectional approach, it incorporates dimensions of race, class, and gender, while also emphasizing disability – an often-overlooked dimension of inequality. My methodological expertise extends across qualitative and quantitative areas and includes survey development, longitudinal data analysis, and audit study methods. Please see my website (michellemaroto.com) for more details on my research and teaching.

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Research

My recent projects address the many dimensions of wealth inequality and labor market outcomes for people with different types of disabilities. These projects bring together my broader interests in processes of economic insecurity and cumulative disadvantage, both of which flow across areas and through households.

In my recent work on disability, I am engaged in a multi-city resume-based audit study that examines hiring discrimination against people with disabilities. I also recently co-edited the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability with David Pettinicchio and Robyn Brown. In addition to this work, I am conducting a large-scale mixed methods project, The Great Canadian Class Study, that brings together secondary data, online surveys, and in-depth interviews to provide a better understanding of the complicated dynamics behind social class in Canada.

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Teaching

I regularly teach stratification, policy, statistics, and methods courses in the department. These courses include Inequality and Social Stratification (SOC 260), Introduction to Social Statistics (SOC 210), Social Structure and Public Policy (SOC 672), Data Analysis and Research (SOC 456), and the recently created Applied Research Internship (SOC 415) course. I'm also the current director for the Certificate in Applied Social Science Research (CASSR).

SOC 415 - Applied Research Internship

Supervised applied research experience and seminar sessions. Prerequisite: SOC 315 or consent of instructor.

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SOC 515 - Quantitative Methods in Social Research

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SOC 605 - Seminar in Teaching and Professional Skills

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Browse more courses taught by Michelle Maroto

Pettinicchio, David, Michelle Maroto, and Jen D. Brooks

Contemporary Sociology . 2022 July; 51 (4):249-270 10.1177/00943061221103313

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Rios-Avila, Fernando and Michelle Maroto

Sociological Methods and Research. 2022 January; Online First 10.1177/00491241211036165

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Maroto, Michelle Lee, David Pettinicchio, and Andrew Patterson

Gender & Society. 2019 January; 33 (1):64-93

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Maroto, Michelle Lee

Demography. 2018 January; 55 (6):2257-2282

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Maroto, Michelle Lee

Journal of Marriage and Family. 2017 January; 79 (4):1041-1059

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