She received her doctorate in Management from the Gallup Leadership Institute at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Dr. Reichard’s research interests focus on leader development and she has ongoing research on evaluating the impact of leadership and undergraduate leadership education, understanding the motivational aspects driving leader self-development, and building the development of global mindset. Her work has been published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, The Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Managerial Psychology. She serves on the editorial review board of Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies and has reviewed for The Leadership Quarterly and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.