Her research interests include exploring leadership and organizational change through the lens of feminist theory, Arendtian inquiry, and existential phenomenology. Publications include: "Hannah and her sisters: Theorizing gender and leadership through the lens of feminist phenomenology" for a special issue on gender and leadership in the Journal of Educational Administration & History (2016) and her single-authored book, Gender, Authenticity and Leadership: Thinking with Arendt (2015). Rita's research also considers how intersectionality affects media representations of women politicians and was published in the volume Gender, media, and organization: Challenging mis(s)repre sentations of women leaders and managers.