about the writer

new book coming soon - AT THE LIMITS OF CARE (fall 2025).

JANNA KLOSTERMANN's first book project, At the Limits of Care: Gendered Work and Stories that Matter (forthcoming with University of Toronto Press) challenges dominant narratives around women and care through sociological memoir writing and life history research.

Klostermann is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary, and a current research fellow in the Calgary Institute for the Humanities.

She completed her PhD in Carleton’s Department of Sociology (2021), and a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship in Brock’s Department of Sociology (2022). Her dissertation was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal and the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work at the Doctoral Level. Over the years, she has also contributed to various storytelling festivals, events and podcasts, and to numerous literary journals, magazines and newspapers.

janna [dot] klostermann [at] ucalgary [dot] ca