Karen Korabik. received a M.S. in Personality/Social Psychology in 1973 and a Ph.D. in Evaluative/Applied Psychology in 1975 from St. Louis University.  She is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph.  Dr. Korabik is a core faculty member in the Department's Industrial/Organizational and Applied Social Psychology Programs and is affiliated with the Centre for Families, Work, and Wellbeing and the Collaborative International Development Studies Program. She was a founding member of the University of Guelph's Women's Studies Program and is a consultant to the Guelph Centre for Occupational Research.

Dr. Korabik has taught undergraduate courses in personality and social psychology as well as psychology of women and women's studies.  She also teaches graduate level courses in program evaluation, research methods, and gender dynamics in organizations.
 
Dr. Korabik has carried out research in numerous public and private sector organizational settings both in Canada and abroad.  She has published over 40 book chapters and scientific articles on topics such as leadership and conflict management; stress, coping, and social support; job change; work/family balance; gender issues; acculturation; and program evaluation.

Dr. Korabik is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.  She has served as the coordinator and secretary/treasurer of the Canadian Psychological Association's Section on Program Evaluation and has been a member of the Board of Directors and the Conference Planning Committee of the Canadian Evaluation Society (Toronto Chapter).  She has supervised and conducted formative and summative program evaluation projects in a variety of settings and areas.  She helped to design the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society's Essential Skills training package and she frequently conducts program evaluation training workshops for various organizations in both the public and private sectors.