Professor, Associate Dean, University Research Performance
A.B. (Princeton) Ph.D. (Chicago)
Dunedin Campus
Tel 64 3 479 5467
Email jeffrey.smith@otago.ac.nz
Biography
Jeff Smith joined the University of Otago in 2005 after having spent 29 years at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he served as Chair of the Educational Psychology Department and Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education. While at Rutgers, he also served for 18 years as Head of the Office of Research and Evaluation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
He is the former Editor of the journal, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, and Co-Editor of the journal, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. He has published widely in the areas of educational assessment, the psychology of aesthetics, and learning in cultural institutions.
Research Interests
- Educational assessment
- Learning in cultural institutions
- Psychology of aesthetics
Recent Publication
Tinio, P. P. L. & Smith, J. K. (2014). The Cambridge Handbook on the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (ISBN: 978-1-107-02628-5)
Publications
Smith, J. K. (2014). The museum effect: How museums, libraries, and institutions educate and civilize society. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 201p.
Tinio, P. P. L., & Smith, J. K. (Eds.). (2014). The Cambridge handbook of the psychology of aesthetics and the arts. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 620p.
Smith, J. K. (2014). Art as mirror: Creativity and communication in aesthetics. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts, 8(1), 110-118. doi: 10.1037/a0035691
Smith, L. F., Smith, J. K., & Tinio, P. P. L. (2017). Time spent viewing art and reading labels. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts, 11(1), 77-85. doi: 10.1037/aca0000049
Brookhart, S. M., Guskey, T. R., Bowers, A. J., McMillan, J. H., Smith, J. K., Smith, L. F., … Welsh, M. E. (2016). A century of grading research: Meaning and value in the most common educational measure. Review of Educational Research, 86(4), 803-848. doi: 10.3102/0034654316672069
Authored Book - Research
Smith, J. K. (2014). The museum effect: How museums, libraries, and institutions educate and civilize society. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 201p.
Edited Book - Research
Tinio, P. P. L., & Smith, J. K. (Eds.). (2014). The Cambridge handbook of the psychology of aesthetics and the arts. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 620p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, J. K., & Smith, L. F. (2017). The nature of creativity: Mayflies, octopi, and the best bad idea we have. In R. A. Beghetto & B. Sriraman (Eds.), Creative contradictions in education: Cross disciplinary paradoxes and perspectives. (pp. 21-35). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-21924-0_2
Smith, J. K., Smith, L. F., & Smith, B. K. (2017). The reproducibility crisis in psychology: Attack of the clones or phantom menace. In M. C. Makel & J. A. Plucker (Eds.), Toward a more perfect psychology: Improving trust, accuracy, and transparency in research. (pp. 273-287). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi: 10.1037/0000033-017
Lipnevich, A. A., Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, J. K. (2016). Toward a model of student response to feedback. In G. T. L. Brown & L. R. Harris (Eds.), Handbook of human and social conditions in assessment. (pp. 169-185). New York: Routledge.
Tinio, P. P. L., Smith, J. K., & Smith, L. F. (2014). The walls do speak: Psychological aesthetics and the museum experience. In P. P. L. Tinio & J. K. Smith (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of the psychology of aesthetics and the arts. (pp. 195-220). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Smith, J. K., & Smith, L. F. (2010). Educational creativity. In J. C. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of creativity. (pp. 250-264). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Smith, L. F., Smith, J. K., & Tinio, P. P. L. (2017). Time spent viewing art and reading labels. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts, 11(1), 77-85. doi: 10.1037/aca0000049
Brookhart, S. M., Guskey, T. R., Bowers, A. J., McMillan, J. H., Smith, J. K., Smith, L. F., … Welsh, M. E. (2016). A century of grading research: Meaning and value in the most common educational measure. Review of Educational Research, 86(4), 803-848. doi: 10.3102/0034654316672069
Smith, L. F., Smith, J. K., Arcand, K. K., Smith, R. K., & Bookbinder, J. A. (2015). Aesthetics and astronomy: How museum labels affect the understanding and appreciation of deep-space images. Curator, 58(3), 282-297. doi: 10.1111/cura.12114
Smith, L. F., Arcand, K. K., Smith, J. K., Smith, R. K., & Bookbinder, J. (2015). Is that real? Understanding astronomical images. Journal of Media & Communication Studies, 7(5), 88-100. doi: 10.5897/JMCS2015.0446
Smith, J. K. (2014). Art as mirror: Creativity and communication in aesthetics. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts, 8(1), 110-118. doi: 10.1037/a0035691
Smith, L. F., Arcand, K. K., Smith, J. K., Smith, R. K., Bookbinder, J., & Watzke, M. (2014). Examining perceptions of astronomy images across mobile platforms. Journal of Science Communication, 13(2), A01.
Lipnevich, A. A., McCallen, L. N., Pace Miles, K., & Smith, J. K. (2014). Mind the gap! Students' use of exemplars and detailed rubrics as formative assessment. Instructional Science, 42(4), 539-559. doi: 10.1007/s11251-013-9299-9
Smith, J. K., & Smith, L. F. (2014). Replicability? Not that again! [Comment]. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts, 8(1), 21-23. doi: 10.1037/a0035821
Smith, J. K., Smith, L. F., Gilmore, A., & Jameson, M. (2012). Students' self-perception of reading ability, enjoyment of reading and reading achievement. Learning & Individual Differences, 22(2), 202-206. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.04.010
Smith, L. F., Smith, J. K., Arcand, K. K., Smith, R. K., Bookbinder, J., & Keach, K. (2011). Aesthetics and astronomy: Studying the public's perception and understanding of imagery from space. Science Communication, 33(2), 201-238. doi: 10.1177/1075547010379579
Tinio, P. P. L., Smith, J. K., & Potts, K. (2010). ″The object and the mirror″: The nature and dynamics of museum tours. International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving, 20(1), 37-52.
Kowal Arcand, K., Watzke, M., Smith, L. F., & Smith, J. K. (2010). Surveying aesthetics & astronomy: A project exploring the public's perception of astronomical images and the science within. CAP Journal, 10, 13-16.
Lipnevich, A. A., & Smith, J. K. (2009). Effects of differential feedback on students' examination performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15(4), 319-333. doi: 10.1037/a0017841
