Michelle Maroto, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Arts - Sociology Dept

Pronouns: She/her

Personal Website: https://michellemaroto.com/

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Professor, Faculty of Arts - Sociology Dept

Email: maroto@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492-0478
Address: 6-23 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2H4

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Social Stratification Work & Economy Families Social Statistics Research Methodology

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.

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.

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).

Featured Publications

Working Part-Time: Earnings Penalties Among People with Disabilities Across Occupational Groups in France

Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto, David Pettinicchio

The Sociological Quarterly. 2025 August; 10.1080/00380253.2025.2538171

It’s a Matter of Institutional Trust: Seasonal Childhood Vaccine Uptake During a Time of Mixed Messages in Alberta, Canada

Andrea DeKeseredy, Michelle Maroto, Amy Kaler

The Sociological Quarterly. 2025 August; 10.1080/00380253.2025.2539348

Living on the Edge: Institutional Supports and Perceptions of Economic Insecurity Among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions

Michelle Maroto, David Pettinicchio

Sociological Inquiry. 2023 August; 10.1111/soin.12504

Combating Inequality: The Between- and Within-Group Effects of Unionization on Earnings for People with Different Disabilities

David Pettinicchio, Michelle Lee Maroto

The Sociological Quarterly. 2021 October; 10.1080/00380253.2020.1820918

Working Differently or Not at All: COVID-19’s Effects on Employment among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions

Michelle Lee Maroto, David Pettinicchio, Martin Lukk

Sociological Perspectives. 2021 October; 10.1177/07311214211012018

Findings from an online survey on the mental health effects of COVID-19 on Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions

David Pettinicchio, Michelle Maroto, Lei Chai, Martin Lukk

Disability and Health Journal. 2021 July; 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101085

Disability, structural inequality, and work: The influence of occupational segregation on earnings for people with different disabilities

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 2014 December; 10.1016/j.rssm.2014.08.002

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Michelle Maroto, PhD

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Professor, Faculty of Arts - Sociology Dept

Overview

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About

Research

Teaching

Courses

SOC 415 - Applied Research Internship

SOC 515 - Quantitative Methods in Social Research

SOC 605 - Seminar in Teaching and Professional Skills

Featured Publications

Working Part-Time: Earnings Penalties Among People with Disabilities Across Occupational Groups in France

It’s a Matter of Institutional Trust: Seasonal Childhood Vaccine Uptake During a Time of Mixed Messages in Alberta, Canada

“I’ve Never Felt So Confused”: A Mixed-Method Study of Managing Family-to-Work Conflict During the Tripledemic

Who’s doing more and when? Gender, parenting, and housework trajectories.

Moving Beyond Linear Regression: Implementing and Interpreting Quantile Regression Models With Fixed Effects

Trading Blame: Drawing Boundaries around the Righteous, Deserving and Vulnerable in Times of Crisis

Living on the Edge: Institutional Supports and Perceptions of Economic Insecurity Among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions

Worth Less? Exploring the Effects of Subminimum Wages on Poverty among U.S. Hourly Workers

The Sociology of Disability-Based Economic Inequality

Moving Beyond Linear Regression: Implementing and Interpreting Quantile Regression Models with Fixed Effects.

Combating Inequality: The Between- and Within-Group Effects of Unionization on Earnings for People with Different Disabilities

Working Differently or Not at All: COVID-19’s Effects on Employment among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions

Findings from an online survey on the mental health effects of COVID-19 on Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions

The Great Balancing Act: Households, Debt, and Economic Insecurity

Owning, renting, or living with parents? Changing housing situations among Canadian young adults, 2001 to 2011

Sharing or Limiting the Wealth? Coresidence, Parental Support, and Wealth Outcomes in Canada

Hierarchies of Categorical Disadvantage: Incorporating Disability into Intersectional Analyses of Economic Insecurity

Sharing, Saving, or Spending? The Wealth Effects of Raising Children

When the Kids Live at Home: Coresidence, Parental Assets, and Economic Insecurity

Disability, structural inequality, and work: The influence of occupational segregation on earnings for people with different disabilities