Why Diversity Matters
DEI Real Talk Forum Series
Nov. 28, 2018
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Montgomery Ross Fisher Building
Hamovitch Research Center
669 W. 34th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90089
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Join us for a conversation with Dnika J. Travis, vice president of research at Catalyst, a global nonprofit working with some of the world’s most powerful CEOs and leading companies to build workplaces that work for women. Travis is a researcher, educator and expert in leadership, communication effectiveness and workplace inclusion. She leads Catalyst’s research on organizational change and gender, race and ethnicity in the workplace. In both areas, Travis is responsible for developing and delivering recognized research agendas, serves as a primary investigator on selected Catalyst studies, and leads large, multi-year research projects. She has been widely published, and her research has been funded by several foundations and government branches. She was named a 2017 "Woman Worth Watching" by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Prior to joining Catalyst, Traivs was an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, where she continues to hold an affiliation as a faculty fellow. She earned her PhD from the University of Southern California, MSW from the University of Michigan, and BA from Hampton University.
Lunch provided for those who RSVP.