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Rachel (“Shelly”) Rauvola, Ph.D. (they/them) is an Assistant Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at DePaul University. Their research applies open, integrative, and meta-scientific principles to the study of work, motivation, identity, and health. In particular, they center on the experiences of historically understudied, underrepresented, and under-resourced worker populations, studying and advocating for the aging workforce, trauma-exposed workers, and workers from minoritized populations or with marginalized identities. They have been published in numerous academic outlets, including The Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Business and Psychology, and they are an Editorial Board member for both Psychology and Aging and Work, Aging and Retirement. They are Chair for SIOP’s Disability, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee and have received research funding from the Australian Research Council, the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, and other funding bodies. They teach, advise, and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, leveraging ethical, evidence-based, and anti-oppressive frameworks to guide their work.
Education
PhD, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Saint Louis University, 2020MS, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Saint Louis University, 2019
BA, Psychology, Macalester College, 2015
Major Areas of Interest
- The aging workforce
- Occupational health and well-being
- Empathy, trauma, and emotions at work
- Humanitarian work psychology
- Meta-analysis and quantitative methods
- Public health in and through work