I received my PhD in Sociology from McMaster University in 2017. My MA is in Sociology, and my BA in Criminology and Criminal Justice both from Carleton University.

Using interpretative theories, I study how women construct, manage, resist their identities in public. I am a qualitative researcher with a strong interest in developing and examining qualitative methodologies.

I have conducted research on the construction of violent women as well as women who are married to professional athletes. More recently, I have become interested in the intersections of crime, deviance and social control as applied to sports.

• Steeves, Kathleen and Deana Simonetto, forthcoming. "Show and Tell: using a visual interview guide as a method of qualitative interviewing." In The Craft of Qualitative Research edited by Steven Kleinknecht, Lisa-Jo van den Scott and Carrie Sanders. Canadian Scholar Press.
• Schneider, Christopher J. and Deana Simonetto, 2017. "Public Sociology on Twitter: A Space for Public Pedagogy." The American Sociologist. 48(2): 233-245. DOI 10.1007/s12108-016-9304-2.
• Simonetto, Deana, 2016 "Expanding our Methodological Tool Box: The place of Twitter in the Ethnographic Endeavour." Qualitative Sociology Review. 12(1): 98 – 112.