[1] Rahn's 1997 article with John Brehm in the American Journal of Political Science, "Individual-level evidence for the causes and consequences of social capital",[3] has been credited with being a fundamental advance in the discussion of social capital and has received thousands of citations.
She was the recipient of the 1999 Erik Erikson Early Career Award from the International Society of Political Psychology, which "recognizes and celebrates exceptional achievement" to a scholar who received a PhD within the previous decade.
[7] In 2007, Rahn received an award from the Russell Sage Foundation to investigate "how broadened stock ownership may contribute to disparities in political participation and the polarization of America's policy preferences".
[2] Rahn has been on the board responsible for overseeing the National Election Studies, and has been an editor for the journal Political Psychology.
[1] Her work has been published or cited in news outlets like The Washington Post,[9][10] The New York Times,[11] Politico,[12] and The Christian Science Monitor.