Meyerson, Debra E. 1957-

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MEYERSON, Debra E. 1957-

PERSONAL:

Female. Born June 21, 1957, in Detroit, MI; daughter of Aubrey and Marcia (Tyner) Meyerson; married Steven Zuckerman (an investment manager), August, 1988; children: Daniel, Adam, Sarah. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., M.S., 1980; Stanford University, Ph.D., 1989. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Skiing, sailing, bicycling.

ADDRESSES:

Office—School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, professor of business, 1993—. Simmons College, affiliated professor at Center for Gender in Organizations, 1996—. Advisor to Women of Silicon Valley and to Pacific Crest Outward Bound.

MEMBER:

Academy of Management.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Ford Foundation grant; named among most influential women in business by San Francisco Business Times.

WRITINGS:

Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire Change at Work, Harvard Business School Publishing (Boston, MA), 2001.

Contributor to Harvard Business Review.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Gender Roles: Traps! Escapes, completion expected in 2005; research on gender and accessibility through communication technologies.

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