Leah D. Sheppard

 

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    ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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    August 2020 - present                    Associate Professor of Management

                                                            Carson College of Business

                                                            Washington State University

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    July 2014 - August 2020                 Assistant Professor of Management

                                                            Carson College of Business

                                                            Washington State University

     

    EDUCATION

     

    2014                                                PhD in Business Administration

                                                            Sauder School of Business

                                                            University of British Columbia

     

    2009                                                MSc in Industrial/Organizational                                                                              Psychology

                                                            University of Western Ontario

     

    2007                                                Honors BA in Psychology

                                                            University of Western Ontario

     

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    RESEARCH INTERESTS

     

    Broadly, I am interested in studying the mechanisms by which gender inequality in organizations is produced and reproduced. I examine this research question primarily by investigating gender stereotypes and how they impact women's and men's workplace outcomes. 

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    Most of the projects I am currently working on fall into one of the categories below:

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    • Gender and leadership/entrepreneurship:

      • Women's leadership aspirations

      • Benevolent sexism 

      • Intrasexual conflict; stereotypes about women's same-sex conflict

      • Gender and stress

      • Gender and entrepreneurial success

      • Fragile masculinity

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    • Social sexual behavior at work:

      • Outcomes for women and men of enjoyed social sexual behavior

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    • Attractiveness biases:

      • Gender, attractiveness, and workplace outcomes