Dr. Joan G. Haworth is a Director of ERS Group, a SourceCorp company. She balances a full agenda of research, analysis and expert witness testimony on employment discrimination cases and other matters. She has testified for both plaintiffs and defendants in over 65 employment cases, including Huguley v. General Motors Corp., EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Penk v. Oregon State Board of Higher Education, Thomas v. Baker, III, Secretary, Department of State and AFCSME v. County of Nassau. She is currently involved in wage and hour matters in various state and federal courts and in other large class actions such as those brought against the State of Alabama, Rhodes v. Cracker Barrel, Dukes v. Wal-Mart and McReynolds v. Sodexho. She also is a frequent presenter and participant in programs and mock trials for such groups as the American Bar Association, the American Employment Law Council, and the Practicing Law Institute. An author of over 30 publications and research papers, her articles appear in economic, statistical and legal journals such as the American Economic Review, Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Notre Dame Lawyer, and Employee Relations Law Journal. Her articles focus on the areas of employment discrimination, comparable worth and the economic status of women, subjects in which she is a well-known expert. Dr. Haworth is a former tenured faculty member in the Department of Economics at Florida State University and was the Director of the Census Processing Center. |