Professor
Ed.M, Ed.D (Rutgers)
Email lisa.smith@otago.ac.nz
Biography
Professor Lisa Smith joined the University of Otago in 2005 following 15 years of tertiary teaching in New Jersey.
Lisa is interested in classroom assessment, pre-service teaching, and how people learn in cultural settings. Her research focuses on affective factors that influence test performance both on standardised tests and in the classroom, pre-service teaching and teaching efficacy, and the psychology of aesthetics.
She co-founded the APA peer-review journal, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, and serves as a foundation member of the New Zealand Assessment Academy.
Lisa has received teaching awards both in the States and in New Zealand and two international career awards for her research.
Research Interests
- Affective factors that influence test performance, both on standardised tests and in the classroom
- Preservice teaching and teaching efficacy
- The psychology of aesthetics