In this talk, Dr. Hebl focuses on the notion of gatekeepers, or people or policies that act to prevent others from gaining access to knowledge, opportunities, and/or employment. By reviewing a number of empirical-based studies, Dr. Hebl will review the many ways in which others gatekeep women. Such differences-are not only gender-based but are also race-based; and she describes some recent research looking at gatekeeping that shows within (not just between) race-based differences.

About the speaker: Dr. Mikki Hebl graduated with her B.A. from Smith College and Ph.D. from Dartmouth College. She joined the faculty at Rice University in 1998, and is currently the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychology with a joint appointment in the Jones School. Dr. Hebl's research focuses on workplace discrimination and the ways both individuals and organizations can remediate such discrimination and successfully manage diversity. She has approximately 175 publications, 21 teaching awards (including the most prestigious national award called the Cherry Award), research grants from NSF and NIH, and several gender-related research awards. For instance, in 2014, she was honored with the Academy of Management’s Sage Award for lifetime achievement in research advancing knowledge of gender and diversity in organizations, and in 2018, she was selected as the recipient of the Woman in Academia with Outstanding Career Award from the business school at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.