School of Psychology
University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
Australia

BA(Hons), PhD (Qld)

Activities

• Organiser of Annual Jury Research and Practice Conference to be held in Brisbane, November 2008. 
• Member of organising committee for the Annual Conference of Society of Australasian Social Psychologists to be held April, 2007 in Brisbane.

Professional Memberships

• Member of Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.
• Member of Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
• Member of Centre for Research on Group Processes (UQ).

Reviewing Activity

• British Journal of Social Psychology
• European Journal of Social Psychology 
• Australian Journal of Psychology
• Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
• Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
• Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
• Australian Research Council

I am interested in the following areas of jury decision-making:

• The influence of gender- and ethnicity-based stereotypes on evaluations of defendants, victims, and experts, particularly how these stereotypes influence thinking about case evidence;
• The influence of different modes of evidence presentation on the evaluation of witnesses and defendants, especially in terms of comparing video presentation to other formats;
• The impact of demeanor evidence on evaluations of witness believability; the influence of jury deliberation on verdicts; and perceptions of sentencing adequacy.

I am also interested in group membership and attitude-behaviour relations, especially in relation to the role of group membership in the arousal and reduction of cognitive dissonance.

Finally I am interested in the ways in which group membership impacts on thinking about the self; this area is primarily focused on how group membership influences coping with stress.

Book chapters

McKimmie, B. M. & Masser, B. Gender in the courtroom. (In press, January 2009). In J. Adler (Ed.), Forensic Psychology: Concepts, Debates and Practice (2nd ed).

Journal articles

Masser, B., Lee, K., & McKimmie, B. M. (In press, May, 2009). Bad woman, bad victim? Disentangling the effects of victim stereotypicality, gender stereotypicality and benevolent sexism on acquaintance rape victim blame. Sex Roles, September, 2008.

McKimmie, B. M., Terry, D. J., & Hogg, M. A. (In press, October 2008). Social support and cognitive dissonance: The role of social identity and meta-consistency. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.

White, K. M., Smith, J. R., Terry, D. J., Greenslade, J. H., & McKimmie, B. M. (2009). Social influence in the theory of planned behaviour: The role of descriptive, injunctive, and ingroup norms. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 135-158.

McKimmie, B. M., Jimmieson, N. L., Mathews, R., & Moffat, K. (2009). Social support and fires in the workplace: A preliminary investigation. Work, 32, 59-68.

Martin, P. Y., Hamilton, V., McKimmie, B. M., Terry, D. J., & Martin, R. (2007). Caffeine, cognition and persuasion: Evidence for caffeine increasing the systematic processing of persuasive messages. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 320-338. (Impact factor: 1.146)

Schuller, R. A., Terry, D. J., & McKimmie, B. M. (2005). The impact of expert testimony on jurors' decisions: Gender of the expert and testimony complexity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35(6), 1266-1280. (Impact factor: 0.642)

Jetten, J., Branscombe, N. R., Schmitt, M., & McKimmie, B. M. (2005). Suppressing the negative effects of devaluation on identification: The role of intergroup differentiation and intragroup respect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 208-215. (1 citation) (Impact factor: 1.817)

Hornsey, M. J., Terry, D. J., & McKimmie, B. M. (2004). Willingness to speak out about gay law reform: Some cause for optimism. Journal of Homosexuality, 47, 47-61.  (Impact factor 0.242)

McKimmie, B. M., Newton, C. J., Terry, D. J., & Schuller, R. A. (2004). Jurors’ responses to expert witness testimony: The effects of gender stereotypes. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 7(2), 131-143. (1 citation) (Impact factor: 1.583)

Schuller, R. A., McKimmie, B. M., & Janz, T. (2004). Trials of battered women who kill: The impact of expert testimony on jurors’ decisions. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 11(1), 1-12. (2 citations)

Hornsey, M. J., Majkut, L., Terry, D. J., & McKimmie, B. M. (2003). On being loud and proud: Non-conformity and counter-conformity to group norms. The British Journal of Social Psychology, 42(3), 319-335. (3 citations) (Impact factor: 1.394)

McKimmie, B. M., Terry, D. J., Hogg, M. A., Manstead, A. S. R., Spears, R., & Doosje, B. (2003). I’m a hypocrite but so is everyone else: The role of social support in the reduction of cognitive dissonance. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 7(3), 214-224. (1 citation) (Impact factor: 1.140)

Jetten, J, Branscombe, N. R., Spears, R., & McKimmie, B. M. (2003). Predicting the paths of peripherals: The interaction of identification and future possibilities. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(1), 130-140. (19 citations) (Impact factor: 1.898)

Schuller, R., Terry, D. J., & McKimmie, B. M. (2001). The impact of expert testimony on jurors’ decisions: The role of gender of the expert. Law and Psychology Review, 25, 58-79.

Terry, D. J., Hogg, M. A., & McKimmie, B. M.  (2000). Attitude-behaviour relations: The role of ingroup norms and mode of behavioural decision-making. The British Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 337-361. (13 citations) (Impact factor: 1.394)