Dan Carlson

Dan Carlson is an Associate Professor in Family & Consumer Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Utah. He holds a BA in Sociology from San Francisco State University (2003) and PhD in Sociology from Ohio State University (2010).

Research focuses on gender dynamics, family labor divisions, and pandemic impacts:

• Gender ideology formation across life course
• Household labor reallocation during crises
• Cross-national comparisons of parental roles
• Cognitive dimensions of household management

Publications (2020-2025) predominantly analyze COVID-19's transformative effects on domestic labor, remote work patterns, and father involvement. Methodological strengths include longitudinal trajectory analysis and cross-cultural comparative designs examining policy impacts on family systems.

Honors:

• Jeremiah B. Freeman Teaching Award nominee (2022)
• AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow