Michael A. McDaniel was an American industrial and organizational psychologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Management at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was concurrently a research professor in the Department of Psychology.
He is known for his research on personnel selection and publication bias,[2] as well as on the relationship between brain size and intelligence.
[3] His current research interests include personnel selection, publication bias, and research integrity.
He was employed at Work Skills First, Inc., a human resource consulting firm specializing in personnel selection and expert witness services related to personnel selection.
In 2015, he served a one-year term as president of the International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR).