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For years, fewer women have ascended to leadership positions because of the so-called broken rung at the first step of management. In the last few years, new challenges have been added to the longstanding struggle.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many women out of the workforce — more than men — and the overturning of Roe v. Wade means more women are at risk of not advancing in the workforce.

Aparna Joshi, the Arnold Family Professor of Management at Penn State Smeal, started in academia some 20 years ago.

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She remembers none of her colleagues looking like her. That impression, she says, “has definitely informed my journey in my research” on gender diversity and inclusion-related topics as they pertain to leadership.

“And I think it gives me a certain unique perspective,” Joshi adds.

“I often found myself questioning whether I’d ‘make it’. But looking back now, what I tell the younger female scholars and academics coming up is those things that I f