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Melissa Carr is a Researcher affiliated with the Department of International Business and Strategy at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. Her work critically examines themes of diversity, gender, and organizational power dynamics through a poststructuralist lens. Key areas of interest include corporate DEI discourse, gendered subjectivity in leadership roles, and the interplay of neoliberalism with personal identity. Her research often employs Foucauldian frameworks to analyze how organizational policies shape individual and collective identities.
Her academic output includes peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Gender, Work & Organization, and Human Relations. Collaborations with scholars like Elaine Kelan and Pardis Gilani highlight her focus on global gender issues, including leadership challenges in culturally specific contexts like Iran. While no formal awards or grants are listed here, her consistent publication record reflects active engagement in critical management studies.
Carr’s work interrogates systemic inequities by examining how institutions construct acceptable subjectivities through wellness programs, leadership discourses, and DEI policies. She advocates for structural reforms over individualized solutions to achieve meaningful inclusion. Her methodological contributions, such as reflexive approaches to researcher subjectivity, underscore a commitment to transparent and ethical academic practice.
