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Lois Joy, Ph.D., Director, Metrics Research

Lois Joy, Ph.D., leads Catalyst’s Metrics research. She has directed research for local, state, national, international, government, business, and educational institutes on gender differences in education, career paths, occupations, and salary.

Expertise | Biography

Expertise
Organizational Change & Effectiveness; Women in Leadership; Women Board Directors; Women Corporate Officers; Talent Management; Sector Studies (Bioscience); U.S. Censuses; Business Case

Career Highlights
Director, Research, Catalyst, 2005–Present
Research Director, Women Faculty Forum (WFF), Yale University, 2004–2005 
Statistical Consultant, Economic Researcher, Smith College, 1999–2004
Research Consultant, United Nations International Labour Organization, 1998
Research Consultant, Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research, 1994–1997

Catalyst Reports worked on/authored
Advancing Women Leaders: The Connection Between Women Board Directors and Women Corporate Officers
The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women's Representation on Boards
2007 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500
2007 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500
2006 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500
2006 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500
2005 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500
2005 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500
Women in Health Care & Bioscience Leadership State of the Knowledge Report: Bioscience, Academic Medicine, and Nursing—"Glass Ceilings or Sticky Floors?"

Affiliations/Awards/Recognitions/Honors
Member,The Society of Labor Economists; Member, International Association For Feminist Economics (IAFFE)

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
B.A., Political Economy, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington