Commentary

I enjoy writing and speaking about my research for non-academic audiences. Here’s a selection of articles I’ve written or provided expert commentary for:

Op-eds

“It’s a Total Myth that Women are Better at Keeping Track of Household Chores,” Allison Daminger, The Guardian, June 19, 2021
“How Couples Share ‘Cognitive Labor’ and Why it Matters,” Allison Daminger, Behavioral Scientist, September 19, 2019
“Bringing Sociology Back,” Allison Daminger, Behavioral Scientist, May 22, 2017

Interviews

“Is A.I. the Answer to Moms’ Mental Overload?” Sarah Green Carmichael, May 16, 2023
“Why Women do the Household Worrying,” Jessica Grose, The New York Times, April 21, 2021
“Tired of Doing the Invisible Work in Your Family?” Jelena Kecmanovic, Psychology Today, August 24, 2019

I’ve also appeared on several podcasts and radio shows:

Audio Interviews

“Division of Labor and Mental Load,” Best of Both Worlds podcast, August 3, 2021
“Why Women in Heterosexual Partnerships Do Most of the ‘Mental Workload’,” Central Time, Wisconsin Public Radio, June 1, 2021
“Dividing up the Domestic Mental Load,” Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Radio New Zealand, May 4, 2021
“The Gender Divide in Household Worrying,” All of it with Alison Stewart, WNYC Radio, April 28, 2021
“Work toward Fairness at Home,” Tough Calls podcast, November 16, 2020