Michelle Maroto, University of Alberta

Research

inequality social class economic social and cultural capital stratification

Latest papers

Understanding the Link Between Housing and Drug Use: Findings from a Survey of People Who Use Drugs in a Mid-Size Canadian City.
Substance use & misuse · 2026
Economic precarity and changing levels of anxiety and stress among Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2024 · senior author
Trading Blame: Drawing Boundaries around the Righteous, Deserving and Vulnerable in Times of Crisis.
Sociology · 2023

All 7 publications

Latest funding

The Edmonton Transitions Study: Covering Four Decades of the Life Course
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$105,524
Get Mad: New Transgender Arts of Wellness
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$121,353
The Reception of Homer's Polyphemus
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$21,025

All 8 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Understanding the Link Between Housing and Drug Use: Findings from a Survey of People Who Use Drugs in a Mid-Size Canadian City.

Raza A, Maroto M, Morris H, Hyshka E, Taylor M, Cottrell-McDermott C, Connolly D, Piggott B, Staines A, Issa T, Collins Z, Salvalaggio G

Substance use & misuse2026

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2598668 PMID: 41395857

02

Economic precarity and changing levels of anxiety and stress among Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pettinicchio D, Maroto M

Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/cars.12461 PMID: 38263777

03

Trading Blame: Drawing Boundaries around the Righteous, Deserving and Vulnerable in Times of Crisis.

Foster J, Pettinicchio D, Maroto M, Holmes A, Lukk M

Sociology2023

DOI: 10.1177/00380385221137181 PMID: 37810547

04

Is everyone really middle class? Social class position and identification in Alberta.

Maroto M, Brown D, Durou G

Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie2023First author

DOI: 10.1111/cars.12444 PMID: 37350048

05

Findings from an online survey on the mental health effects of COVID-19 on Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions.

Pettinicchio D, Maroto M, Chai L, Lukk M

Disability and health journal2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101085 PMID: 33744158

06

Perceptions of Canadian Federal Policy Responses to COVID-19 among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions.

Pettinicchio D, Maroto M, Lukk M

Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques2021

DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2021-012 PMID: 36039315

07

Saving, Sharing, or Spending? The Wealth Consequences of Raising Children.

Maroto M

Demography2018First author

DOI: 10.1007/s13524-018-0716-1 PMID: 30298466

The Edmonton Transitions Study: Covering Four Decades of the Life Course

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Matt D.

Keywords: midlife; longitudinal; life course; family; inequality; employment; well-being

$105,524

Get Mad: New Transgender Arts of Wellness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Crawford, Lucas

Keywords: transgender; madness; mental health; art; literature; performance; queer theory

$121,353

The Reception of Homer's Polyphemus

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Burgess, Jonathan S.

Keywords: Homer; Reception; Odyssey; Odysseus; Polyphemus; Cyclopes

$21,025

Alberta in transition: assessing gaps between public opinion and political culture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wesley, Jared H.

Keywords: political culture; Alberta politics; Canadian politics

$93,874

The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Maroto, Michelle L.

Keywords: inequality; social class; economic; social; and cultural capital; stratification

$210,117

The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Maroto, Michelle L.

Keywords: inequality; social class; economic; social; and cultural capital; stratification

$49,862

Employment discrimination in hiring people with disabilities: an audit study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pettinicchio, David N.

Keywords: labour market inequality; disability; employment discrimination; social policy; audit; field experiment

$177,253

Wealth Disparities Across Groups in Canada and the United States: Who Gets Ahead and Who Falls Behind?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Maroto, Michelle

Keywords: Credit markets; Wealth; Stratification; Race/ethnicity; Gender; Age; Cumulative disadvantage; Categorical inequality

$63,025

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Sociology
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Ginetta Salvalaggio

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: inequality Dear Professor Maroto, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Understanding the Link Between Housing and Drug Use: Findings from a Survey of People Who Use Drugs in a Mid-Size Canadian City." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Michelle Maroto

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Understanding the Link Between Housing and Drug Use: Findings from a Survey of People Who Use Drugs in a Mid-Size Canadian City.

Economic precarity and changing levels of anxiety and stress among Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trading Blame: Drawing Boundaries around the Righteous, Deserving and Vulnerable in Times of Crisis.

Is everyone really middle class? Social class position and identification in Alberta.

Findings from an online survey on the mental health effects of COVID-19 on Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions.

Perceptions of Canadian Federal Policy Responses to COVID-19 among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions.

Saving, Sharing, or Spending? The Wealth Consequences of Raising Children.

The Edmonton Transitions Study: Covering Four Decades of the Life Course

Get Mad: New Transgender Arts of Wellness

The Reception of Homer's Polyphemus

Alberta in transition: assessing gaps between public opinion and political culture

The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study

The vertical mosaic in the 21st century: The great Canadian class study

Employment discrimination in hiring people with disabilities: an audit study

Wealth Disparities Across Groups in Canada and the United States: Who Gets Ahead and Who Falls Behind?

Frequent collaborators

David Pettinicchio

Guillaume Durou

Marliss Taylor

Elaine Hyshka

Ginetta Salvalaggio