Work with thought leaders and academic experts in gender

Dr Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University, and the co-founder of youcubed. Her PhD won the national award for educational research in the UK and her book: Experiencing School Mathematics won the ‘Outstanding Book of the Year’ award for education in Britain. She is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), and a former president of the International Organization for Women and Mathematics Education (IOWME). She is the recipient of a National Science Foundation ‘Early Career Award’ and the NCSM Kay Gilliland Equity Award (2014). She is the author of nine books and numerous research articles. Her latest book is Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students’ Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching (2016), and is published by Wiley. She serves as an advisor to several Silicon Valley companies.

Dr. Joss Greene received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University in 2021. Dr. Greene has focused his research on various aspects of gender and sexuality, including trans and nonbinary lives, the experiences of currently and formerly incarcerated people, and gender-based violence. His work has been published in numerous academic journals and he has presented at conferences around the world. Dr. Greene is also passionate about bringing academic insights beyond the academy; he was recently interviewed for a PBS Newshour special, and meets regularly with stakeholders ranging from grassroots community organizations to elected officials. He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of California, Davis.

Dr. Rachel M. Schmitz is an associate professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University Stillwater. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2016. Her research interests include gender inequality, family dynamics, and social stratification. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented her research at national and international conferences. Dr. Schmitz is also actively involved in mentoring and teaching undergraduate and graduate students in the field of Sociology. With her strong background in research and teaching, she is committed to advancing the field of Sociology and promoting social justice.

Ariel D. Kalil is the Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. She is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research associate at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. She is also a faculty member in the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and in the College at the University of Chicago. Kalil's research lies at the intersection of child development and public policy. She is particularly interested in the effect of early childhood interventions on health and economic outcomes in adulthood. Her work has been published in leading social science journals, including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Political Economy. Kalil earned her PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor in 1996, her MA in Social Psychology from the University of Colorado System in 1993, and her BA in Psychology and French Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1991.

### I'm an economic, social and gender consultant based in Mauritius. I have conducted policy work for the EBRD, World Bank, IMF, Council of Europe Development Bank, UNDP, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, AfDB, European Commission and UN ESCWA. My work has covered Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, and I'm fluent in English, Bulgarian, Russian and Italian, and have a working knowledge of French. ### Previously, I was an Assistant Professor in Economics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, and an economist at the EBRD in London, where I was also head investigator for the EBRD-World Bank Life in Transition Survey.  I'm currently a Principal Investigator on a project to study gender-based violence in the UAE. I am an honorary research fellow at UCL, a fellow at the Global Labor Organization, and I am also affiliated with IOS-Regensburg and CELSI, Slovakia.  ### I received my PhD from Princeton University in 2011, and my undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College in the US. Before grad school, I was an associate at Charles River Associates in Washington, DC, working on competition economics. I have published widely on gender economics, labor, social and economic development, entrepreneurship, political economy, economic history, comparative politics and democratization, and the politics and economics of development and transition.