Dr. Jennifer Randles on inclusive fatherhood
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30 Apr 2021
Dr. Jennifer Randles on inclusive fatherhood

Brands are increasingly looking to make their advertising more diverse, but why are marginalised fathers being ignored? Canvas8 spoke to Dr. Jennifer Randles, sociology professor at California State University, Fresno, about stigma, stereotypes, and the struggle to be understood.

Jennifer Randles

Dr. Jennifer Randles is a sociologist of families, policy, gender, race, and class inequalities. She is the author of Proposing Prosperity: Marriage Education Policy and Inequality in America (2017) and Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering (2020).

Emma Sheppard

Emma Sheppard is a journalist specialising in business, technology, family and social affairs. As well as Canvas8, her work has appeared in The Guardian, Wired, BBC Worldwide, The Independent and more.