Dr. Ragins has written more than 70 papers for presentations at national and international conferences and for publication in leading academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Psychological Bulletin. She is co-author of Mentoring and Diversity: An International Perspective and co-editor of two books: The Handbook of Mentoring and Exploring Positive Relationships at Work. Her research has been featured in U.S. News and World Report, Barron’s Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Newsday, Wall Street Journal, Working Woman Magazine, and over 30 newspapers throughout the country.
Dr. Ragins is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Society, the Society for the Psychology of Women and the American Psychological Association. She has received nine national awards for her research, including the Sage Life-Time Achievement Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management, the Academy of Management Mentoring Legacy Award, the American Society for Training and Development Research Award, the American Psychological Association Placek Award, and five Best Paper Awards from the National Academy of Management. In recognition of her service to the profession, she received the Academy of Management Mentoring Best Practice Award. Dr. Ragins has also received numerous research and teaching awards from the UWM School of Business and was honored with the university-wide UWM Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence.
She has or is currently serving on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Group & Organization Management, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior.
Dr. Ragins was awarded the first Visiting Research Fellowship position at Catalyst, a national research and advisory organization working to advance women in business and their professions. She was a Research Advisor for 9-to-5, the National Association of Working Women. She helped establish UWM’s Institute for Diversity Education and Leadership (IDEAL) and was the Research Director of the Institute.
