Dr. Doris Wesley is an award-winning university communication and conflict pracademic—an academic and a practitioner, a global peacebuilder, and a social impact entrepreneur, who founded The GEM Daughters Network.

As an academic, her research and teaching employ communication and peacebuilding approaches to transform multi-dimensional conflict-related contexts. As a practitioner, she engages with organizations and several international and grassroots communities equipping them with proven strategies for having effective communication, building resilience, and sustaining peace in their communities. As a social entrepreneur, she focuses on supporting women and girls who have experienced (or are experiencing) dysfunctional father-to-daughter relationships. Her passion for understanding human expression and her personal journey as a fatherless daughter led her to create the Daddyless Daughters Personality Type Quiz.

In her words:

“I understand the challenges women and girls who grew up or are growing up without fathers face. I, too, grew up without a father-to-daughter relationship. I understand the conflicting effects that come with such experience: the multiplicity of narratives, the shame, the rage, the anger, the fears, the labels, the lies, the low self-image, the overarching feelings and needs, the challenges with trust and commitment, the secrets deep inside of the past, the abuse, the difficulties in sustaining healthy lasting relationships and intimacy, the cravings, the independent drive for success, the issues around money and men, the unanswered questions, the numerous conclusions, the identity crisis, the soul searching, and the unending patterns. I can see these impacts from afar. This is why my heart is with YOU.”