{{short description|American psychologist}} {{Infobox academic | name = Mikki Hebl | occupation = Professor of Psychology and Management | citizenship = | workplaces = Rice University | alma_mater = Smith College; Texas A&M University; Dartmouth College | awards = Robert Foster Cherry Award for Professor of the Year (2016) | spouse = | website = https://www.mikkihebl.com/ | children = }}
'''Michelle (Mikki) Rae Hebl''' is an applied psychologist whose research focuses on workplace discrimination and barriers experienced by stigmatized individuals. She is the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychological Sciences at Rice University<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Michelle "Mikki" Hebl {{!}} Faculty {{!}} The People of Rice {{!}} Rice University |url=https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/michelle-mikki-hebl |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=profiles.rice.edu}}</ref> and affiliated with the Jones Graduate School of Business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michelle "Mikki" Hebl |url=https://business.rice.edu/person/michelle-mikki-hebl |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University }}</ref>
Hebl was the 2016 recipient of Baylor University's national Robert Foster Cherry Award for great teaching.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Mikki Hebl |url=https://www.baylor.edu/cherry_awards/index.php?id=941626 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Robert Foster Cherry Award {{!}} Baylor University }}</ref> She has received more than 20 teaching awards, including Rice University's George R. Brown Prize for Superior Teaching (multiple years),<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |date=2016-02-04 |title=Hebl Wins Top Teaching Award |url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/hebl-wins-top-teaching-award |journal=APS Observer |volume=29}}</ref> and the Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (2008).<ref>{{Cite web |title=winners |url=https://www.siop.org/Foundation/Awards/winners |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=SIOP }}</ref> After receiving the George R. Brown Certificate of Highest Merit (2015),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice Magazine {{!}} Spring 2015 by Rice University - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/riceuniversity/docs/rice_magazine_spring_2015 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=issuu.com |date=29 May 2015 }}</ref> Hebl was retired from receiving further teaching awards from Rice University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keynote Speakers |url=https://twufosteringfuturefaculty.weebly.com/keynote-speakers.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Fostering Future Faculty }}</ref>
== Biography == Hebl in a native of Pardeeville, Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=nvernau@capitalnewspapers.com, 608-745-3519 |first=Noah Vernau |title=From Pardeeville to Antarctica: Native remembers her roots |url=https://www.wiscnews.com/news/local/from-pardeeville-to-antarctica-native-remembers-her-roots/article_fd198992-0925-56e5-93ea-566771e0bfa6.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Wiscnews.com |date=21 July 2016 }}</ref> She received her B.A. degree in psychology with honors at Smith College in 1991, where she studied with Professor Phil Peake.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumnae Spotlight: Checking in with Mikki Hebl '91 |url=https://smithpioneers.com/news/2016/7/17/softball-alumnae-spotlight-checking-in-with-mikki-hebl-91.aspx?path=softball |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Smith College Athletics }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Peake |first1=Philip K. |last2=Hebl |first2=Michelle |last3=Mischel |first3=Walter |date=2002 |title=Strategic attention deployment for delay of gratification in working and waiting situations |journal=Developmental Psychology |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=313–326 |doi=10.1037/0012-1649.38.2.313 |pmid=11881765 }}</ref> Hebl completed a master's degree in psychology at Texas A&M University in 1993. She then attended Dartmouth College where she obtained her Ph.D. in psychology in 1997 under the supervision of Robert E. Kleck.<ref name=":0" /> Her dissertation titled "Nonstigmatized individuals' reactions to the acknowledgment and valuation of a stigma by overweight individuals and physically disabled individuals"<ref>{{cite thesis |id={{ProQuest|304343304}} |last1=Hebl |first1=Michelle (Mikki) Rae |date=1997 |title=Nonstigmatized individuals' reactions to the acknowledgment and valuation of a stigma by overweight individuals and physically disabled individuals }}</ref> began a line of research on social stigma.
Hebl joined the faculty of Rice University in 1998. She has received multiple research grants, including funding from the National Institutes of Health,<ref name=":2" /> the National Cancer Institute, and an ADVANCE award from the National Science Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NSF Award Search: Award # 0542562 - ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0542562&HistoricalAwards=false |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.nsf.gov }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Omara-Otunnu |first=Elizabeth |date=2011-10-18 |title=Developing a Diverse Faculty |url=https://today.uconn.edu/2011/10/developing-a-diverse-faculty/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=UConn Today }}</ref> In 2014, Hebl received the Academy of Management's Sage Award for Scholarly Contributions.<ref name=":1" />
Hebl is an avid long-distance runner who has completed a marathon in every state and on every continent.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2017-07-07 |title=Walking (Sometimes Running) a Step in Students' Shoes |url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/walking-sometimes-running-a-step-in-students-shoes |journal=APS Observer |volume=30}}</ref>
== Research == Hebl's research program examines social stigma and discrimination in the workplace and other professional settings, including health care and customer service. Stigmatized groups may include, e.g., pregnant women, members of racial and ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities or obesity. Hebl and her students have studied discrimination experienced by members of the LGBT community and pregnant women completing job applications, as well as obese patients receiving medical treatment, including efforts to reduce discrimination against these groups.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Morgan |first1=W. B. |last2=Walker |first2=S. S. |last3=Hebl |first3=M. (M.) R. |last4=King |first4=E. B. |date=2013 |title=A field experiment: Reducing interpersonal discrimination toward pregnant job applicants |journal=Journal of Applied Psychology |volume=98 |issue=5 |pages=799–809|doi=10.1037/a0034040 |pmid=23957687 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Barron |first1=L. G. |last2=Hebl |first2=M. |date=2013 |title=The force of law: The effects of sexual orientation antidiscrimination legislation on interpersonal discrimination in employment |journal=Psychology, Public Policy, and Law |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=191–205|doi=10.1037/a0028350 }}</ref>
Hebl reports that people often experience subtle forms of discrimination in these settings that have considerable impact on their lives. In her work on racial bias, she focuses on how support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives might reduce inequality among White and Black professionals.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ruggs |first1=Enrica N. |last2=Hebl |first2=Mikki |last3=Shockley |first3=Kristen M. |date=2022-11-04 |title=Fighting the 400-Year Pandemic: Racism Against Black People in Organizations |journal=Journal of Business and Psychology |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.1007/s10869-022-09855-7 |pmc=9638454 |pmid=36373110}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Corrington |first1=Abby |last2=Fa-Kaji |first2=Naomi M. |last3=Hebl |first3=Mikki R. |last4=King |first4=Eden B. |last5=Stewart |first5=Dillon |last6=Alao |first6=Temi |date=2022 |title=The impact of organizational statements of support for the black community in the wake of a racial mega-threat on organizational attraction and revenue |journal=Human Resource Management |volume=61 |issue=6 |pages=699–722 |doi=10.1002/hrm.22119 |s2cid=248607002 }}</ref> However, people are affected by various subtexts in DEI conversations (such as hazy definitions of diversity, passive language, and deficiency-oriented descriptions). By focusing on this under-researched barrier to DEI activities, the researchers wanted to show how organizations might live up to their stated commitment to advance true diversity and equity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Anti-Racism Grant Winners Announced |url=https://www.siop.org/Research-Publications/Items-of-Interest/ArtMID/19366/ArticleID/5089/2021-Anti-Racism-Grant-Winners-Announced |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=SIOP }}</ref>
== Representative publications == * {{cite journal |last1=Griffith |first1=Kristin H. |last2=Hebl |first2=Michelle R. |title=The disclosure dilemma for gay men and lesbians: 'Coming out' at work. |journal=Journal of Applied Psychology |date=2002 |volume=87 |issue=6 |pages=1191–1199 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.87.6.1191 |pmid=12558225 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Hebl |first1=Michelle R. |last2=Foster |first2=Jessica Bigazzi |last3=Mannix |first3=Laura M. |author4-link=John Dovidio|last4=Dovidio |first4=John F. |title=Formal and Interpersonal Discrimination: A Field Study of Bias Toward Homosexual Applicants |journal=Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |date=June 2002 |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=815–825 |doi=10.1177/0146167202289010 |s2cid=18909977 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Hebl |first1=Michelle R. |last2=Heatherton |first2=Todd F. |title=The Stigma of Obesity in Women: The Difference is Black and White |journal=Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |date=April 1998 |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=417–426 |doi=10.1177/0146167298244008 |s2cid=143697452 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Hebl |first1=Michelle R. |last2=King |first2=Eden B. |last3=Lin |first3=Jean |title=The Swimsuit Becomes Us All: Ethnicity, Gender, and Vulnerability to Self-Objectification |journal=Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |date=October 2004 |volume=30 |issue=10 |pages=1322–1331 |doi=10.1177/0146167204264052 |pmid=15466604 |s2cid=18346150 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Hebl |first1=M. R. |last2=Xu |first2=J. |title=Weighing the care: physicians' reactions to the size of a patient |journal=International Journal of Obesity |date=August 2001 |volume=25 |issue=8 |pages=1246–1252 |doi=10.1038/sj.ijo.0801681 |pmid=11477511 |s2cid=12093969 |doi-access=free }}
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== External links ==
* [https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/michelle-mikki-hebl Faculty profile] at Rice University * {{google scholar id|CCOSnCEAAAAJ}}
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