Toni M. Calasanti

Toni Calasanti is a Professor of Sociology. Her research on the intersections of age, gender and social inequalities has appeared in several journals as well as in the books Gender, Social Inequalities, and Aging (2001), Age Matters: Re-Aligning Feminist Thinking (2006), and Nobody’s Burden: Lessons from the Great Depression on the Struggle for Old-Age Security (2011). Recent explorations of the intersectional approach and of age, gender and sexuality lay the foundation for her present NIH-funded research on same-sex partner caregiving. LGBT issues in later life, especially in relation to care work and to bodies and health. In addition, her current projects include explorations of:

• Ageism (and images of aging) in popular culture and research, including programs that are "anti-aging," and aging bodies
• Theorizing age relations, and exploring the interaction of these with masculinity and femininity (and ageism with other forms of oppression)
• Intersecting inequalities and retirement migration
• Changing definitions of work (paid and unpaid) and retirement