Melissa Wheeler

Dr Melissa Wheeler is a post-doctoral research fellow and research manager at the Centre for Ethical Leadership and an honorary fellow of the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences and of the Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. She has a PhD in moral and social psychology from the University of Melbourne. Her research covers three main areas: unconscious bias, gender equality, and how people communicate their moral beliefs.

Latest Articles by Melissa Wheeler

  1. Man in suit, mirror, gender bias

    25 September, 2017

    Unconscious bias is keeping women out of senior roles

    Research shows that unconscious bias—affinity bias—may lead recruiters to favour candidates who are like themselves.