Mikki Hebl is the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychological Sciences with an additional appointment in the Jones Business School at Rice University. Mikki’s research focuses on workplace psychology, discrimination, and ways to optimize the diversity that is imminent in future workplaces. She has more than 200+ publications, 13 authored/edited books, 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, she was awarded Academy of Management’s Sage Award for lifetime achievement in research advancing knowledge of gender and diversity in organizations, and she was selected as the Woman in Academia with Outstanding Career Award from the business school at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She graduated with her B.A. from Smith College and Ph.D. from Dartmouth College.