Joan C WilliamsJoan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair, and director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings Law. Described as having "something approaching rock star status" in her field by theNew York Times Magazine, she has played a central role in debates over workplace bias for decades. She has received prestigious honors in several different fields, including academia, legal, engineering, and psychology. She is coauthor of What Works for Women at Work, praised by the New York Times Book Review as "deftly combining sociological research with a more casual narrative style . . . [that] offers unabashedly straightforward advice in a how-to primer for ambitious women," and in 2017, the book White Working Class. Read More Read Less