Emerald Archer, PhD
Emerald Archer, PhD, is the inaugural director of the Center for the Advancement of Women at Mount Saint Mary’s University, which serves as a hub for research, advocacy and leadership development. The Center promotes gender equity to make a positive difference in the lives of women and girls in California and throughout the nation.
Prior to joining Mount Saint Mary’s, Archer served as the associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and as a faculty member in the politics and history department at Woodbury University. She has dedicated her research to gender equity, stereotype threat and women’s representation in non-traditional sectors.
Archer has published nine peer-reviewed articles in national journals and released a book in August 2017, published by Bloomsbury, which explores women’s history in the United States military: "Women, Warfare and Representation: American Servicewomen in the Twentieth Century." In addition to being a seasoned and engaging presenter and keynote speaker, she is also a contributing expert to media outlets like NPR.
Archer has been the recipient of numerous fellowships, including the Faculty Development Award and Senior Fellows Award from Woodbury University, the Silberman Follow-Up Fellowship from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and a Carnegie Corporation of New York Fellowship. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
For more information on her work, visit msmu.edu/CAW or email emarcher@msmu.edu.
Brady Hahn
Brady Hahn is the founder of Brady Hahn Consulting, a holistic strategy firm focused on helping the people behind organizations share their collective knowledge, ideas, and expertise with their communities.
With over a decade of experience in global business development, marketing, and content design aimed at advancing working women’s equity personally and professionally, Hahn and her team have guided clients through over eighty B2B partnerships and shaped more than two hundred activations ranging from full conferences, to e-courses and digital campaigns reaching over two-hundred and fifty thousand professionals across the US, Europe and Asia.
In 2016 Hahn formed the Insight Collective as a women’s equity project offering a monthly-ish newsletter on women’s issues and The Speaker List, connecting professional women to speaking opportunities and event organizers to a diverse cross-section of women experts.
Brady has been recognized for her work by Inc.com and by Porter Gale in her book “Your Network Is Your Net Worth” (Atria Books, 2013). In addition to speaking nationally, her writing has been featured on GenderAvenger, Firm of the Future, Escape The City, RYOTNews, Eventbrite, and Social Media Week.
For more information on her work, visit gaininsight.co or email bradyhahn@mac.com.
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