Dads for Daughters with Michelle Travis

In this episode of the podcast, Jacqueline speaks with Dr. Michelle Travis. She's the author of Dads for Daughters: How Fathers Can Give their Daughters a Better, Brighter. About Michelle Travis Michelle Travis is a law professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She is an expert on employment discrimination law and serves as the Co-Director of USF's Labor and Employment Law Program. Her research focuses on sex discrimination, gender stereotypes, work/family integration, and disability discrimination in the workplace. Michelle grew up in Colorado and now lives in the Bay Area with her husband, two daughters, and pet chinchilla. She is a former collegiate gymnast, a novice ballerina, and an avid nonfiction reader. Author Page: https://michelletravis.net/ (opens in a new tab) Faculty Page: https://www.usfca.edu/law/faculty/michelle-travis (opens in a new tab) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-travis-697aa713b/ (opens in a new tab) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelle_a_travis/ (opens in a new tab) Twitter: https://twitter.com/michelleatravis (opens in a new tab) About the book: Build a More Equitable World for Your Daughter. Today's dads are raising confident, empowered daughters who believe they can achieve anything. But the world is still profoundly unequal, with workplaces built by men, a massive gender pay gap, and deeply-ingrained gender stereotypes. Dads For Daughters: How Fathers Can Give their Daughters a Better, Brighter, Fairer Future offers fathers guidance for building a more equal world for their daughters. Invest in Your Daughter's Future. Inspired by their daughters, dads are uniquely positioned to become powerful allies for girls and women. That's where Dads For Daughters can help. With this book, you'll find: Concrete strategies for creating a better tomorrow for the girls and women in your life Inspiring stories from dads of daughters who are already having an impact Resources for becoming a stronger male ally in your workplace and community Advice for engaging other men in gender equality efforts Lean In for Dads. There are so many ways that dads of daughters can make a difference - from mentoring women to equalizing pay, from sports fields to science labs, from building empathy to combating gender bias, from boardrooms to ballot boxes. With every small step, dads have the power to make incredible change to level the playing field for our next generation of girls. Dads For Daughters also offers women a guide for recruiting men into action. Together, we can give all of our daughters a happier, more successful future.