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Rachel E Sturm serves as Associate Dean at Wright State University's Raj Soin College of Business, affiliated with the Department of Supply Chain Management, Marketing, and Management. Previously Chair of the Management and International Business Department, she joined the university in 2014 as Assistant Professor and received the 2016 university-wide Presidential Award for Early Career Achievement.
Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Houston and a B.A. in Psychology (summa cum laude) with Business Management minor and International Studies certificate from Binghamton University. Prior to academia, she gained industry experience in sales, marketing, and food services, complemented by research roles in psychopathology and leadership labs.
Dr. Sturm's research critically examines leadership dynamics, character development, and workplace gender issues. Her work explores interpersonal power structures, self-awareness in leadership, and organizational responses to movements like #MeToo. Current projects investigate counter-normative gender expressions in professional settings and character-driven organizational learning.
Publication trends reveal consistent contributions to top-tier journals including Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, and Harvard Business Review, with recent emphasis on gender dynamics, ethical leadership, and pandemic-era organizational adaptation. Her 2025 forthcoming article extends gender norm analysis to male professionals.
- 2016 Presidential Award for Early Career Achievement
- Four-time Departmental Outstanding Teacher Award
- Two-time MBA Teaching Excellence Award
- Journal of Management Scholarly Impact Award (2020)
- Nature citation and multiple highly-cited paper recognitions
As a certified professional coach through the Institute of Professional Excellence, Dr. Sturm integrates coaching methodologies into leadership development. Her industry background informs practical applications of research, particularly in sales and marketing contexts. Current work focuses on sustainable leadership change and character activation in engineering projects.
She maintains active roles as former Associate Editor of The Leadership Quarterly and contributor to major management handbooks, while leading college-level academic initiatives as Associate Dean.
