Toni Calasanti
Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech
Toni Calasanti, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech, where she is also a faculty affiliate of the Center for Gerontology. The co-author or -editor of 5 books, her research on the intersections of age, gender and social inequalities have appeared in such outlets as Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences; The Gerontologist; Social Forces; Ageing & Society, and Men and Masculinities. Recent explorations of the intersectional approach to age, gender and sexual inequalities lay the foundation for her recent study of heterosexual and same-sex spousal/partner caregiving for those living with dementia, funded by the National Institute on Aging.