Sheila White is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and has spent many years carrying out research on workplace bullying. Her background is in teaching and work in the voluntary sector. She is a member of ISPSO (International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations), IAWBH (International Association of Workplace Bullying and Harassment), OPUS (an Organisation for Promoting Understanding of Society) and CMI (Chartered Management Institute).