Allison Daminger

Research Interest Statement:

My research focuses on gender inequality in family life. In much of my work, I ask a version of this question: as support for egalitarianism grows, why does gender continue to shape the benefits we enjoy and burdens we bear as members of a family? Current projects include a book (under advance contract with Princeton University Press) on cognitive labor and papers on marital power, household dynamics during COVID, and Americans’ understanding of what constitutes valuable work.

Education:

Ph.D., Harvard University, 2022

Departmental Areas of Interest:

Family, Gender, Qualitative Methods, Social Stratification

Classes

Soc 120: Marriage and Family (Fall 2022)

Selected Publications

Daminger, Allison. 2020. “De-gendered processes, gendered outcomes: How egalitarian couples make sense of non-egalitarian household practices.” American Sociological Review 85(5): 806-829.

Daminger, Allison. 2019. “The Cognitive Dimension of Household Labor.” American Sociological Review 84(4):609-633.