Advancing Research on Sexual Harassment: Race, Sexual Orientation, and Power

It has been 9 years since the viral spread of #MeToo and nearly two years since the “gender ideology extremism” executive order was issued. How has the collective conversation and research landscape around sexual harassment shifted during this time? In this talk, Vero Caridad Rabelo will draw on their research on race, sexuality, and power in organizations to help make sense of the current sociopolitical context around workplace mistreatment. They will spotlight intersectionality and critical whiteness studies as frameworks for advancing our understanding of inequality in organizations. 

Vero Caridad Rabelo [they/them/theirs] is an Associate Professor of Management in the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University. Their interdisciplinary research uses an intersectional lens to examine organizations as sites of suffering, and the many ways that people endure, cope with, and resist injustice at work. They also research strategies for fostering greater equity in teaching practices and research methods. Vero received a dual PhD in gender and feminist psychology and women's studies from the University of Michigan, and a BA in psychology with concentrations in Africana Studies and Latin@ Studies from Williams College.