Allison Dunatchik

Allison Dunatchik is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, specializing in gender, family, and social stratification. Her research examines how work-family dynamics and social policies shape gender inequalities across economic outcomes and time allocation.

Research investigates earnings penalties from care responsibilities, intersection of gender/race/nativity inequalities, and economic power dynamics within couples. Publications analyze COVID-19 impacts on gender inequality, parental labor division across income groups, and policy interventions like daddy quotas to reduce motherhood penalties.

Teaching includes Research Methods and courses on family/gender stratification.