Overview
Background
Blake joined the School of Psychology at UQ in 2007 having previously been a lecturer at Queensland University of Technology. Blake won a Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 2010 and a University of Queensland Teaching Excellence Award in 2016. He led a team that won the AAUT Higher Education Teacher of the Year award in 2019, and received the edX Prize in 2018. He currently teaches a second year elective about psychology and law. His research focuses on jury decision-making including the influence of gender-based stereotypes and the influence of different modes of evidence presentation. He is also interested in group membership and attitude-behaviour relations and how group membership influences thinking about the self. He is a leading instructor of the award-winning course: CRIME101x and the PSYC1030x Introduction to Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology XSeries Program of four courses on edX.org.
Availability
- Professor Blake McKimmie is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research impacts
Professor McKimmie is a social psychologist in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. He does research on jury decision making and has published over 80 outputs in the area of social cognition and group processes. In the area of psychology and law, he published a book on expert testimony, and has made submissions to law reform commissions, and provided training to police officers. He regularly gives presentations to researchers and practitioners, and co-teaches CRIME101x—a free online course about the psychology of criminal justice—to over 100,000 students. His research has been supported by the Australian Research Council, and is now working with the Queensland Police Service Special Investigations Training team on a multi-year project to redevelop training in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Works
Search Professor Blake McKimmie’s works on UQ eSpace
2021
Other Outputs
Sharper Minds 2021 Pilot Report
Dingle, G.A., Hodges, J., Hides, L., McKimmie, B., Gomersall, S., Beckman, E., Birch, S., Smith, S., Zurynski, Y., Maccallum, F., Bentley, S., Wright, O., Walter, Z. and Alhadad, S. (2021). Sharper Minds 2021 Pilot Report.
2021
Journal Article
Guided by the rape schema: the influence of event order on how jurors evaluate the victim’s testimony in cases of rape
Lee, Harrison D. H., McKimmie, Blake M., Masser, Barbara M. and Tangen, Jason M. (2021). Guided by the rape schema: the influence of event order on how jurors evaluate the victim’s testimony in cases of rape. Psychology, Crime & Law, 29 (1), 1-31. doi: 10.1080/1068316x.2021.1984483
2021
Journal Article
The effects of unanswered supervisor support on employees’ well-being, performance, and relational outcomes
McIlroy, Thomas D., Parker, Stacey L. and McKimmie, Blake M. (2021). The effects of unanswered supervisor support on employees’ well-being, performance, and relational outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 26 (1), 49-68. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000270
2021
Book Chapter
Requesting and receiving supervisor support and the implications for organizational wellbeing
McIlroy, Thomas D., Parker, Stacey L. and McKimmie, Blake M. (2021). Requesting and receiving supervisor support and the implications for organizational wellbeing. The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Wellbeing. (pp. 1-16) London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781529757187.n6
2020
Journal Article
The impact of schemas on decision-making in cases involving allegations of sexual violence
McKimmie, Blake M., Masser, Barbara M., Nitschke, Faye, Lee, Harrison and Schuller, Regina A. (2020). The impact of schemas on decision-making in cases involving allegations of sexual violence. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2020.1829780
2020
Other Outputs
CATD Project Training Analysis Report
McKimmie, Blake, Masser, Barbara and Ribeiro, Gianni (2020). CATD Project Training Analysis Report. unknown:
2020
Journal Article
Does DNA evidence in the form of a likelihood ratio affect perceivers’ sensitivity to the strength of a suspect’s alibi?
Ribeiro, Gianni, Tangen, Jason and McKimmie, Blake (2020). Does DNA evidence in the form of a likelihood ratio affect perceivers’ sensitivity to the strength of a suspect’s alibi?. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 27 (6), 1325-1332. doi: 10.3758/s13423-020-01784-x
2020
Book Chapter
Cognitive dissonance theory
McKimmie, Blake M. (2020). Cognitive dissonance theory. Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences. (pp. 698-706) edited by Virgil Zeigler-Hill and Todd K. Shackelford. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1121
2019
Journal Article
A Meta-Analysis of the Emotional Victim Effect for Female Adult Rape Complainants: Does Complainant Distress Influence Credibility?
Nitschke, Faye T., McKimmie, Blake M. and Vanman, Eric J. (2019). A Meta-Analysis of the Emotional Victim Effect for Female Adult Rape Complainants: Does Complainant Distress Influence Credibility?. Psychological Bulletin, 145 (10), 953-979. doi: 10.1037/bul0000206
2019
Journal Article
Re-evaluating how to measure jurors’ comprehension and application of jury instructions
Baguley, Chantelle M., McKimmie, Blake M. and Masser, Barbara M. (2019). Re-evaluating how to measure jurors’ comprehension and application of jury instructions. Psychology, Crime & Law, 26 (1), 53-66. doi: 10.1080/1068316x.2019.1634195
2019
Journal Article
Beliefs about error rates and human judgment in forensic science
Ribeiro, Gianni, Tangen, Jason M. and McKimmie, Blake M. (2019). Beliefs about error rates and human judgment in forensic science. Forensic Science International, 297, 138-147. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.034
2019
Journal Article
The impact of gender-role congruence on the persuasiveness of expert testimony
McKimmie, Blake M., Schuller, Regina A., Thomas, Simon and Sherrel, Helen (2019). The impact of gender-role congruence on the persuasiveness of expert testimony. The University of Queensland Law Journal, 38 (2), 279-299.
2019
Journal Article
The approach-avoidance dilemma at the heart of group-based support: evidence that group identification increases willingness to seek support at the same time that identity-based support threat reduces it
Butler, Tamara L., McKimmie, Blake M. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2019). The approach-avoidance dilemma at the heart of group-based support: evidence that group identification increases willingness to seek support at the same time that identity-based support threat reduces it. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49 (1), 31-46. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2384
2019
Journal Article
Reducing stress: social support and group identification
McKimmie, Blake M., Butler, Tamara, Chan, Edward, Rogers, Allira and Jimmieson, Nerina L. (2019). Reducing stress: social support and group identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23 (2), 136843021881873-261. doi: 10.1177/1368430218818733
2018
Journal Article
Intoxicated but not incapacitated: are there effective methods to assist juries in interpreting evidence of voluntary complainant intoxication in cases of rape?
Nitschke, Faye T., Masser, Barbara M., McKimmie, Blake M. and Riachi, Maddison (2018). Intoxicated but not incapacitated: are there effective methods to assist juries in interpreting evidence of voluntary complainant intoxication in cases of rape?. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (9-10), 1-25. doi: 10.1177/0886260518790601
2018
Conference Publication
Flipping the classroom effectively: evaluation results from a course at The University of Queensland
Isaias, Pedro, McKimmie, Blake M., Bakharia, Aneesha and Zornig, John (2018). Flipping the classroom effectively: evaluation results from a course at The University of Queensland. EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25-29 June 2025. Asheville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
2018
Journal Article
The defendant with the prison tattoo: the effect of tattoos on mock jurors' perceptions
Brown, Kelly A., McKimmie, Blake M. and Zarkadi, Theodora (2018). The defendant with the prison tattoo: the effect of tattoos on mock jurors' perceptions. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 25 (3), 386-403. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1412240
2018
Other Outputs
Stereotypes in the courtroom can prejudice our justice system – here’s how that can be fixed
McKimmie, Blake M. (2018, 01 09). Stereotypes in the courtroom can prejudice our justice system – here’s how that can be fixed The Conversation doi: 10.64628/AA.x4npdshe7
2018
Book Chapter
A Social Identity Model for Education
Abrams, Dominic, Houston, Diane, Masser, Barbara and McKimmie, Blake (2018). A Social Identity Model for Education. The Oxford Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning. (pp. 1-40) edited by Argote, Linda and Levine, John M.. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190263362.013.1
2017
Book Chapter
A social identity model for education
Abrams, Dominic, Houston, Diane M., Masser, Barbara M. and McKimmie, Blake M. (2017). A social identity model for education. The Oxford Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning. (pp. 565-586) edited by Linda Argote and John M. Levine. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190263362.013.1
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Blake McKimmie is:
- Available for supervision
Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on how to choose a supervisor.
Supervision history
Current supervision
-
Doctor Philosophy
The role of contextual relationship evidence in improving sexual assault case outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Martin Edwards
Completed supervision
-
2022
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Impact of Schemas on Victim Credibility in Rape Trials
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Barbara Masser, Professor Jason Tangen
-
2022
Doctor Philosophy
The effect of rape complainant emotion on witness credibility in criminal trials
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman
-
2017
Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing the Quality of Jury Decision-Making through Jury Instruction Simplification
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Barbara Masser
-
2017
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating and overcoming barriers to seeking intragroup support
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alex Haslam
-
2012
Doctor Philosophy
How to Tell the Emperor He's Naked: Promoting the Positive Consequences and Preventing the Negative Consequences of Deviance in Group Decision-Making to Improve Decision Outcome and Group Functioning.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kelly Fielding
-
2011
Doctor Philosophy
Perceptions of child witnesses in the Australian courtroom: The impact of recent legal initiatives
Principal Advisor
-
2010
Doctor Philosophy
An investigation of the impact of note taking on the quality of mock jurors' decisions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Barbara Masser
-
2025
Doctor Philosophy
Fractured Selves: The Relationship Between Self-Identity and Moral Injury
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fiona Maccallum
-
2022
Doctor Philosophy
Ask, but you might not receive: The consequences of unanswered supervisor support
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stacey Parker
-
2020
Doctor Philosophy
Communicating error and expertise in forensic expert testimony
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Tangen
Media
Enquiries
Contact Professor Blake McKimmie directly for media enquiries about:
- Group behaviour and psychology
- Hypocrisy and psychology
- Jury decision making
- Psychology - hypocrisy, stress, decision-making
- Social psychology
- Stereotypes and psychology
- Stress and groups
Need help?
For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team: