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Michelle Maroto is Professor and Graduate Program Director in Sociology at the University of Alberta, where she also directs the Certificate in Applied Social Science Research. Her research examines social stratification, wealth inequality, disability-based economic disparities, and labor market outcomes through intersectional frameworks.
Core research areas include:
- Wealth accumulation disparities across social groups
- Employment discrimination against people with disabilities
- Intersectional analysis of economic insecurity
- Quantitative methods for inequality measurement
- COVID-19 impacts on vulnerable populations
Publications analyze patterns in:wealth inequality dynamics, disability-based labor market exclusion, and crisis impacts on marginalized groups, employing mixed-methods approaches spanning audit studies, surveys, and longitudinal analysis.
Awards include the 2019 ASA Disability in Society Section Outstanding Publication Award.
She leads multiple SSHRC-funded projects including 'The Great Canadian Class Study' and an audit study on disability employment discrimination, supervising graduate researchers across these initiatives.
