Jessica Calarco

public writing

The N.Y.U. Chemistry Students Shouldn’t Have Needed That Petition. New York Times.

There’s Almost No Incentive at All to Give Him the Vaccine. New York Times.

What is Betsy DeVos Thinking? New York Times.

Why Rich Kids are So Good at the Marshmallow Test. The Atlantic.

The Real Problem With the ‘Naughty List. The Atlantic.

Free Range’ Parenting’s Unfair Double Standard. The Atlantic.

If women are encouraged to breastfeed for two years, they need much more support. CNN.

The US social safety net has been ripped to shreds -- and women are paying the price. CNN.

Some parents won’t vaccinate their kids against covid. Here are their reasons. Washington Post.

‘There’s only so far I can take them’ – why teachers give up on struggling students who don’t do their homework. The Conversation.

Online learning will be hard for kids whose schools close - and the digital divide will make it even harder for some of them. The Conversation.

When Their Kids Don’t Make the Cut. Inside Higher Ed.

Help-Seekers and Silent Strugglers: Student Problem-Solving in Elementary Classrooms. American Educator.

Study: Middle-Class Students are Better at Asking for Help. The Learning Curve. NBC News Education Nation.

media interviews

NPR On Point. 2024. “Women As Safety Net.”

NPR It’s Been a Minute. 2024. “Moms As Our Social Safety Net.”

The Hill. Rising. 2024. “Harrison Butker calls out critics over ‘homemaker’ speech; sexist gender pay gap?”

Wisconsin Public Radio. The Larry Meiller Show. 2023. “Women are providing social safety nets.”

Smerconish Podcast. 2023. “NYU Chemistry Professor.”

NPR Weekend Edition. Scott Simon. 2022. “The Endurance of Parents.”

WORT. A Public Affair. 2022. “Parenting Without a Social Safety Net.”

Cincinnati Public Radio WVXU. 2021. “Tough Choices Between Caregiving And Careers During The Coronavirus Pandemic.”

expert commentary

Jessica Grose. 2023. “‘Doing the Work’ and the Obsession With Superficial Self-Improvement,” New York Times.

Elliot Haspel. 2023. “American Family Life Should Not Feel This Volatile,” The Atlantic.

David Oliver. 2023. “Gwyneth Paltrow casually revealed she did cocaine. Who gets to joke about past drug use?” USA Today.

Sallie Krawcheck. 2022. “Women’s Advancement Isn’t Inevitable,” Ellevest.

Tami Forman. 2022. “Women’s workforce participation has plummeted. Here’s how to reverse the trend,” Fortune.

Jeremy Engle and Michael Gonchar. 2022. “Should We Get Rid of Homework?” New York Times.

Alia E. Dastagir. 2022. “Ketanji Brown Jackson's comments on motherhood, her husband's tears and what they mean for a historic moment,” USA Today.

Julie Bogen. 2022. “‘Mom Brain’ Isn’t a Joke,” The Atlantic.

Katherine J. Wu. 2022. “Vaccines for the Littlest Kids Have Already Flopped,” The Atlantic.

Melinda Wenner Moyer. 2022. “Latest COVID Surge Pushes Parents to Next-Level Stress,” Scientific American.

Tim Rowland. 2022. “Scholars validate long-held belief: Homework = bad,” Herald Mail.

Nadra Nittle. 2022. “Moms left scrambling as surging Covid cases force last-minute school closings,” 19th News.

Melinda Wenner Moyer. 2022. “COVID Parenting Has Passed the Point of Absurdity,” The Atlantic.

Jenny Rogers and Amy Joyce. 2022. “Does our child need to isolate? Can I use an at-home test on a baby? Your parenting pandemic questions answered,” Washington Post.

Jessica Glenza. 2022. “Public health experts say schools are safe – but districts struggle to convince parents and teachers,” The Guardian.

Tressie McMillan Cottom. 2021. “Education Doesn’t Inoculate Us from Vaccine Hesitancy,” New York Times.

Betsey Stevenson. 2021. “Women, work, and families: Recovering from the pandemic-induced recession,” Brookings.

Diana Boesch and Shilpa Phadke. 2021. “When Women Lose All the Jobs: Essential Actions for a Gender-Equitable Recovery,” Center for American Progress.

Michele Goodwin. 2021. “Messages to Mom: We Have Your Back,” Ms. Magazine.

Arianna Huffington and Michelle A. Williams. 2021. “5 ways to make sure the post-pandemic recovery focuses on women,” Fortune.

Rickey Gard Diamond. 2021. “Other Countries Have Safety Nets. The U.S. Has Mothers,” Ms. Magazine.

Alfred Lubrano. 2021. “Why doesn’t the US value child care? A historic look,” Philadelphia Inquirer.

What Next Podcast. 2021. “A Sexist Recession,” Slate.

Terri Rupar. 2021. “Why I deserve to be left alone for Mother’s Day, and you do too,” 19th News.

Jillian Berman. 2021. “CDC recommends schools in areas with high COVID-19 transmission rates not fully open for in-person learning,” Marketwatch.

Mariel Padilla. 2021. “New study finds 1 in 3 U.S. mothers don’t plan to vaccinate their children,” 19th News.

Julie Kashen. 2021. “Paid Leave, Child Care, and an Economy that Failed Women,” The Century Foundation.

Jillian Berman. 2021. “‘They can’t coerce the states into doing anything:’ Biden does NOT have the power to enforce in-person learning at K-8 schools — here’s why,” Marketwatch.

Callie Crossley. 2021. “The Pandemic Is Forcing Women Out Of The Workplace,” WGBH.

John Miller. 2021. “America's Education Story in a Pandemic Anecdote,” Inside Higher Ed.

Lyz Lenz. 2020. “If Biden and Harris are serious about recovery, they have to bail out American women,” Washington Post.

Alina Dizik. 2020. “How Overloaded Employees Can Cut Out the Busy Work,” The Wall Street Journal.

The Anxious Achiever Podcast. 2020. “Anxiety, Depression, and Working Moms in a Pandemic,” Harvard Business Review.

Claire Cain Miller. 2020. “Pandemic Parenting Was Already Relentless: Then Came Summer,” New York Times.

Jessica Grose. 2020. “When Couples Fight about Virus Risks,” New York Times.

Sarah Cohodes. 2020. “A Better Fall is Possible,” The Atlantic.

Elizabeth Ralph. 2021. “Will Covid make women retreat at work?” Politico.

Matt Reed. 2020. “Childcare Conundrum,” Inside Higher Ed.

Alicia Garceau. 2020. “How IPS Plans to Bridge the Digital Divide,” Indianapolis Monthly.

Beckie Supiano. 2020. “As COVID-19 Erases Line Between Work and Home, Professors Learn to Teach Remotely While Watching Their Kids,” Chronicle of Higher Education.

Melinda Wenner Moyer. 2020. “Not Everyone Can Write Off a School Year,” Slate.

Jeanie Lindsay. 2020. “A ‘Huge Disadvantage’: Expert Raises Concerns about Internet, Device Access for Kids,” WFYI.

Lois M. Collins. 2020. “What’s the cost when a helicopter parent volunteers at school - and who pays for it?” Desert News.

Melinda Wenner Moyer. 2020. “Are Expensive Activities for Kids a Rip-Off?” New York Times.

Ashley Neglia. 2019. “How One Professors Uses Podcasts to Teach Empathy and Social Justice,” EdSurge.