Rachel Sturm

Rachel Sturm is the Chair of the Management and International Business Department in the Raj Soin College of Business. She joined Wright State University in 2014 and was awarded the 2016 university-wide Presidential Award for Early Career Achievement for excellence in research, teaching, and service. She is a four-time recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award for the Department of Management and International Business and has earned the MBA Excellence in Teaching Award for the Raj Soin College of Business in 2020 and 2021. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Houston and her Bachelors in Psychology (summa cum laude) with a Business Management and International Studies minor from Binghamton University. Prior to her graduate studies, Dr. Sturm worked as an account executive in sales and an assistant account executive at a mid-size marketing firm. She has also worked as a research assistant in a psychopathology lab as well as a leadership and fraud lab. Dr. Sturm is an active researcher in leadership, character, power, workplace gender dynamics, and self-other agreement. Her research has been published in outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and The Leadership Quarterly. She is currently an Associate Editor at The Leadership Quarterly and is also a Board member for the YWCA-Dayton. In addition, she is currently completing her training to become an ICF-accredited coach.