Fathering Stories

Kyle is a father to his daughter, who he proudly calls his "greatest teacher". he himself is a longtime educator, with a PhD in educational leadership and an extensive professional career in student affairs and higher education. he is currently a stay-at-home dad and an influential thought-leader. Kyle has been sharing his ideas about masculinity, social justice, and education for over a decade in publications like The Good Men Project, Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, and The Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs. He has authored several book chapters and presents his work at national conferences around the country.
he and his wife, Aeriel, co-authored the book, VITAL: A Torch For Your Social Justice Journey, which was awarded the Jamie Showkeir Changing the Conversation Award by Berrett-Koehler Publishing. Since becoming a father, Kyle has discovered the life-changing wisdom that comes from raising a daughter. he draws on his background in masculinity studies, mindfulness, and social justice education to continue his own personal growth and create learning opportunities for others through coaching, facilitation, and speaking. In addition to being a dad and husband, Joe Saucedo is an advocate for social justice and equity in education.
He currently works with a Chicago-based nonprofit, Partnership for College Completion where our mission is to champion practices and policies that minimize graduation gaps for Black, Latinx, and low-income students enrolled at Illinois colleges and universities.  www.facebook.com/joseph.saucedo.75  @SaucedoJoe on Twitter  https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephasaucedo Tim Cox is the father of a beautiful and outgoing 4-year-old daughter.
He spends his days working in marketing and his nights singing princess songs, playing hide and seek, and performing for Mommy as a part of the Daddy/Daughter Ballet Company. He believes that we should never stop learning how to be a better father and really enjoys the mentorship aspect of Fathering Together. Luke is a writer and consultant with experience in education, college access, and non-profit management.
His work focuses on empowering individuals and organizations to tell the best narrative about what they do - and how they're changing the world. Email- jlukechitwood.com;  Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn- @jlukechitwood  Facebook- @jlukechitwood1  Billy Kilgore is a father of two boys and at-home dad living in Nashville, Tennessee. When not hiding from his family in the bathroom, he enjoys visits to the zoo to see the African porcupines.
His writing has appeared in The Washington Post's On Parenting, Fatherly, and Scary Mommy. @billydkilgore Tim Schreiber has been a meat clerk, a pizza driver, a busboy, a library assistant, a columnist, a reporter, a student, a fellow, a teacher, and finally was a reference librarian for 13 years, but he's given all of that up to stay home with his two young children.  Shannon Carpenter is a Kansas City-based humor writer whose funny words can be found in the Weekly Humorist, Fatherly, Life of Dad and others.  He writes a weekly column for the Good meant project that focuses on the funny side of parenting with his 3 kids.
Represented by Chris Kepner of The Kepner Agency. Twitter:  @Hossmanathome   facebook.com/hossman53/ David L. Stanley, B. Sc., M. A.  is a teacher, author, voice-over actor, and speaker. His wide-ranging work has appeared in national magazines on topics from men, depression, and suicide, fatherhood, and professional bicycle racing. He speaks on fatherhood, melanoma awareness, and the need for interfaith unity.  He is currently employed by his area's only Islamic day school, where he teaches high school science. His latest book, released in October, 2019, is From Jim Crow to CEO.
Stanley is the "as told to" behind the autobiography of Willie Artis, a Black industrialist born in Memphis during the Great Depression who rose to success in Stanley's home of Flint, MI @Dstan58 was a Stay-at-Home-Dad in the early 90s; as he says, "Before it got cool." Todd Smith started as a journalist and became a daddy blogger.  His blog, thatawaydad.com, focuses on raising his son and travel.  He is writing a book about their adventures while living in Europe, expected 2021.  Todd's memoir, "Murder, Romance and Two Shootings, " is available on Amazon. thatawaydad.com  Paul is currently a program manager in environmental education.  Before this he managed a variety of small businesses, was a licensed teacher, camp counselor, and wilderness skills mentor.
He also served in the US Air Force and US Peace Corps . He loves being outside with his daughter and wife.  www.wildnatureplay.com Flor Mercado has become a fatherhood advocate and has a passion to guide and support dads from every aspect. Being a single dad, led him to expand his skills as a nurturer and provider for his child. He has successfully overcome challenges with coparenting and currently lives a happy blended family life. DadStyle99.com  Instagram @dad_style99 Dr.
Lawrence Chatters currently serves as the Vice President for Student Affairs at Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska. Dr. Chatters holds a Doctorate and a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln.. Dr. Chatters is an avid reader, entrepreneur, Rap Artist, and International DJ. He is most proud of his family, which consists of his two daughters aged 15 and 11, and his partner of 15 years, Katie.  Dr.
Chatters has been engaged in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work for the past 13 years. Through a range of professional experiences including a diversity concentration in his post-doctoral fellowship at Penn State University, his role as the diversity and inclusion coordinator for the Nebraska Athletic Department, and his position as the men's program coordinator in the Women's Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to name a few.
Dr. Chatters' dissertation focused on ways to better engage African American students at predominantly white institutions.  Husband. Father. Storyteller. Casey Palmer is a thirty-something Canadian Dad from Toronto, looking to raise his multiracial family of four in an urban environment that never quits. Writing on parenting, racial identity, tech and more, he's out to prove that well-crafted words really can change the world! Ivan Maertens Aramayo is "just a dad getting by with my only daughter left." Instagram and Twitter - @Solipsistic30 Dedan is a father, advocate, writer, novice triathlete, and farmer of wild ideas.
He is the creator of On Fathering - a blog and resource hub for fathers, and a host of the Dad Genes Podcast: Exploring the DNA of Healthy Fathering.  onfathering.com When Daniel Batts is not working in healthcare or beating his son and daughter at video games, he enjoys all things music, sports and fly fishing. Daniel's lovely wife of 17 years homeschools their kids and somehow manages to keep them all fed, clothed, and loved.
He writes stories about their crazy life that his wife thinks are kinda funny sometimes. Www.dadletteroffice.com Instagram.com/dadletteroffice  Twitter.com/@dadletteroffice Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is an educator, writer, and activist, who frequently offers comment and analysis on religion, racism, and justice. Singh is a columnist for Religion News Service, host of the "Spirited" podcast, and a visiting professor of religion at Union Theological Seminary.
His children's book, Fauja Singh Keeps Going, tells "the true story of the oldest person ever to run a marathon, " Fauja Singh, and will be available through Penguin Random House in August 2020. Johnathon Briggs is a 40-something father who loves wingtip shoes and statement socks. He writes at Fatherhood@Forty: Dispatches from the Parent HoodT and shares additional musings on Instagram and Facebook.
His favorite hashtag is #BlackDadMagic.  https://fatherhoodatforty.net/ David Johnstone, is the group's Subgroups Administrator for Dads with Daughters. He lives and works within the automotive manufacturing industry in Detroit. He is a 3rd generation UAW employee, on the way to becoming 3rd generation skilled trades worker. He has been married for 8 years, with two daughters, 7yo and 4mo. The subgroups he is most invested in are the Gamer Dads and RPG Dads subgroups.
He has been video gaming since 1988, with Super Mario Bros. on the NES. He has been tabletop gaming since 2005 with some experience in every D&D edition released. His oldest daughter identifies as a "Gamer, " and they have a Youtube channel called "CatandFam Gamer TV" where they play Minecraft and other games together! Chris is the father of 2 daughters that are now in their tweens and teens. He started Dad of Divas, a blog to share his own personal experiences in being a father in 2007 and in 2018 started the Dads With Daughters Facebook Group to allow dads to connect, learn and grow together.
He works in Digital Media on a daily basis, but also has over 20 years of experience in higher education administration. Brian is the father of 2 spirited daughters that keep him inspired and exhausted. He started Fathering Together as a way to better connect and learn from his fellow dads. During the work day, you can find him working at IFYC as a Student Leadership Manager where he trains undergraduate students to build bridges across lines of religious difference.