Expertise

Her research examines how people navigate (and sometimes perpetuate) systems of power and privilege.

Calarco’s research primarily uses qualitative methods to examine how systems of power and privilege perpetuate inequalities in education, health, and family decision-making.

Departmental Areas of Interest:

  • Education; Family; Gender; Medical Sociology; Culture; Social Stratification; Class Analysis and Historical Change; Organizational and Occupational Analysis; Social Psychology and Microsociology; Qualitative Methods
Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington
2019

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Social Sciences Division, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2023

Communities
Sociology
Degrees
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Sociology, 2012
MA, University of Pennsylvania, Sociology, 2008
BA, Brown University, Sociology and Education Studies, 2006