DSI Inequity Speaker Series: Wealth, Inequality, and Social Class – Prof. Michelle Maroto

Join us for the Inequity Speaker Series with Associate Professor, Michelle Maroto, from the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta.

Talk Title: Wealth, Inequality, and Social Class

Abstract: TBD

Speaker Profile: Dr. Michelle Maroto is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta and Director for the Certificate in Applied Social Science Research. Her research interests include social stratification, gender and family, race and ethnicity, labor and credit markets, and disability studies. Her projects address the many dimensions of wealth inequality, the role of household structure in determining economic security, and labor market outcomes for people with different types of disabilities. In her current work on disability, Dr. Maroto has been working with Dr. David Pettinicchio and team of research assistants to survey and interview people with disabilities and chronic health conditions to better understand how they have been managing under COVID-19. In addition to this work, Dr. Maroto is currently embarking on a large-scale mixed methods project, The Great Canadian Class Study, that will bring together secondary data, multiple online surveys, and in-depth interviews to provide a better understanding of the complicated dynamics behind social class in Canada.