Speaker Profile
Allison Daminger is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Allison鈥檚 research focuses on cognitive labor, or project management for the household. She has written about gender inequality for and , and her work has been featured in venues such as the , the , and Her book What’s on Her Mind will publish with Princeton in 2024.
Allison鈥檚 research shows that cognitive labor 鈥� tasks like remembering when it鈥檚 time to schedule an oil change, deciding on a daycare center, and researching a new dishwasher 鈥� fall disproportionately on women, and that even egalitarians are often content with this inequality because they see it as a function of personality or circumstance rather than of gender norms. By providing new language and conceptual tools for those trying to understand ongoing imbalances, Daminger seeks to help us move towards a more equal household.
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