Shelley Correll is associate director of Stanford Impact Labs (SIL). In that role, she provides strategic guidance to the initiative’s faculty director and executive director, with a special focus on outreach across the university and externally. Shelley served as SIL's interim co-faculty director with James T. (Jay) Hamilton for the 2024-25 academic year.
An expert in gender, workplace dynamics, and organizational culture, Shelley is the Michelle Mercer and Bruce Golden Family Professor of Women’s Leadership at Stanford University. She is the co-founder and director of the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab, which engages in broad collaborative research projects with partners in companies, high schools, and universities to uncover and remove biases and barriers that limit women’s full participation in society.
Shelley’s research on the “motherhood penalty” demonstrates how motherhood influences workplace evaluations, pay, and job opportunities. Her current research uncovers how gender stereotypes and organizational practices limit advancement and retention of women in technical workplaces. With her colleagues, Shelley is currently designing and evaluating “small wins” interventions to increase diversity and inclusion outcomes in schools and workplaces.
Shelley is a professor of sociology at Stanford University and, by courtesy, professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is also the current president of the American Sociological Association (ASA). When she is not fighting for gender equality, she can be found running, watching baseball, and cooking with her partner.
