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David Smith, Professor & Co-Director, Gender & Work Initiative · PhD

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David Smith

Professor & Co-Director, Gender & Work Initiative · PhD · Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

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About David Smith

David Smith, PhD, is co-author of the book, Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together, and a Professor and Co-Director of the Gender & Work Initiative in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. As a sociologist, he focuses his research on gender, work, and family issues including allyship, inclusive leadership, mental load, gender bias in performance evaluations, and dual career families. He is the co-author of Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace, Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women, and numerous journal articles and book chapters that focus on gender and the workplace.

Books

Books by David Smith

  • Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together
  • Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
  • Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women

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