Clayman Institute Talk

Shelley Correll is professor of sociology and organizational behavior at Stanford University and the Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Her expertise is in the areas of gender, workplace dynamics and organizational culture. She has received numerous national awards for her research on the “motherhood penalty,” research that demonstrates how motherhood influences the workplace evaluations, pay and job opportunities of mothers. Professor Correll is currently leading a nationwide, interdisciplinary project on “redesigning work” that evaluates how workplace structures and practices can be better aligned with today’s workforce.

Andrea Davies is the Associate Director at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research.  Andrea is currently working on solutions to creating opportunities for women’s leadership and creating sustainable gender equality.  She has published research projects on technical women in Silicon Valley high-tech companies, venture capitalists’ perceptions of women entrepreneurs, the history of the “ideal worker” myth, and dual-career academic couples at top US research universities. 

About the Clayman Institute: Founded in 1974, the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University creates knowledge and seeks to implement change to promote gender equality. Its current focus is, “Moving Beyond the Stalled Gender Revolution.” They bring together an intellectually diverse group of scholars to provide new insights into the barriers to women's advancement and to propose novel and workable solutions to advancing gender equality. http://gender.stanford.edu/