Rate My Professor Myra Strober

Strober's research focuses on gender issues in the workplace, work and family dynamics, occupational segregation, women in professions and management, economics of childcare, feminist economics, and the teaching of economics. She authored books including Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others) (MIT Press, 2016), The Road Winds Uphill All the Way: Gender, Work, and Family in the United States and Japan (with Agnes Chan, MIT Press, 1999), and Interdisciplinary Conversations: Challenging Habits of Thought (Stanford University Press, 2010). Key articles include 'Wives' Labor Force Behavior and Family Consumption Patterns' (American Economic Review, 1977) and 'Women Economists: Career Aspirations, Education and Training' (American Economic Review, 1975). She served as President of the International Association for Feminist Economics (1996-1998), first Chair of the National Council for Research on Women (1982-1984), and Associate Editor of Feminist Economics (1994-2008). Strober received the Stanford School of Education Excellence in Teaching Awards (1992, 1998), Excellence in Education Award from Northern California NOW (2002), and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Stanford Faculty Women's Forum (2021). She consulted corporations on women in management and work-family issues and served as an expert witness in sex discrimination and sexual harassment cases.