Myra H. Strober

Myra Strober is a labor economist and Professor Emerita at the School of Education and Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Myra’s research and consulting focus on the economics of work and family and gender issues at the workplace and home. Over her more than 40 years at Stanford, Myra taught a course on work and family which inspired her new book, “Money and Love.”

Myra is the author of numerous articles on women in the professions and management, the economics of childcare, gender segregation in the workforce, feminist economics and the teaching of economics. Myra’s memoir, Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others) was published in 2016.

Myra was the founding director of the Stanford Center for Research on Women (now the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research).

She was also the first chair of the National Council for Research on Women (now called Re: Gender), a consortium of centers for research on women. She was President of the International Association for Feminist Economics, and Vice President of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum), an associate editor of Feminist Economics, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Mills College.

Myra consults with corporations and other organizations on work-family issues and improved utilization of women in the workforce. She has also been an expert witness in cases involving the valuation of work in the home, sex discrimination, and sexual harassment.

Myra holds a BS degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, an MA in economics from Tufts University, and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT.

Myra was married to Sam Strober and Jay Jackman, both of whom are deceased. She has two children from her marriage to Sam—Jason Strober and Elizabeth Strober—and three stepchildren—Tenaya Jackman, Rashi Jackman, and Jason Scott.