Bio
Rachel Korn (she/her) is the Director of Research at the Equality Action Center. Rachel is a social psychologist specializing in motivation and group dynamics, with a focus on evidence-based interventions. Rachel’s research under the Bias Interrupters initiative advances gender and racial equity in the workplace.
Rachel partners closely with companies, industry organizations, and academic researchers to investigate how gender and racial bias impact employees in the workplace, and to develop effective solutions to mitigate the effects of bias. With her colleagues, Rachel has guided dozens of organizations through the process of examining their business systems to determine whether bias is playing a role in hiring, performance evaluations, access to opportunities, and informal workplace interactions, and has guided them in making impactful changes to ensure a level playing field for all employees. Rachel has also worked with the Society for Women Engineers, the American Institute of Architects, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and other organizations to conduct industry-wide studies highlighting the impacts of gender and racial bias.
Rachel’s writing has appeared in publications ranging from Harvard Business Review and The Atlantic to law reviews, psychology journals, and medical journals.
Prior to joining Equality Action Center, Rachel was a Research Consultant at Circadia Labs, where she conducted research on empirical projects examining motivation in dreams using natural language processing. She also worked as Research Director for a city council campaign in Rochester, New York. Rachel holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Rochester. She received her Bachelor’s degree at Virginia Tech.