Biography, Dr. David Sadker

Dr. David Sadker is a professor at The American University (Washington, DC) and has been involved in training programs to combat sexism and sexual harassment in over 40 states and overseas. He has directed more than a dozen federal equity grants, authored five books and more than 75 articles in journals such as Phi Delta Kappan, Harvard Education Review, and Psychology Today. His research and writing document sex bias from the classroom to the boardroom. He has published and trained in areas ranging from bias in professional communications to sexual harassment, from effective strategies in management to effective strategies in the classroom.

David Sadker’s with his work has late wife, Myra, been reported in hundreds of newspapers and magazines including USA Today, USA Weekend, Parade Magazine, Business Week, The Washington Post, The London Times, The New York Times, Time and Newsweek. They appeared on local and national television and radio shows such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Phil Donahue’s The Human Animal, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, and twice on Dateline: NBC with Jane Pauley. Dr. Sadker received the American Educational Research Associations’ award for the best review of research in the United States in 1991, their professional service award in 1995 and the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from The American Association of University Women in 1995. The Sadkers’ book, Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls was published by Touchstone Press in 1995.

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