Harlene Hayne

Harlene Hayne
Hayne in 2016
6th Vice-chancellor at Curtin University
Assumed office
April 2021
ChancellorAndy Crane
Preceded byDeborah Terry
8th Vice-chancellor at the University of Otago
In office
1 August 2011 – March 2021
ChancellorJohn Francis Ward
Royden John Somerville
Preceded byDavid Skegg
Succeeded byDavid Murdoch
Personal details
Born
Vada Harlene Hayne

1961/1962 (age 62–63)[1]
Oklahoma, U.S.
Alma materColorado College (BA)
Rutgers University (MS, Ph.D)
OccupationAcademic administrator, psychologist
Academic background
ThesisThe effect of multiple reminders on long-term retention in human infants (1988)
Doctoral advisorCarolyn Rovee-Collier
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
Institutions

Vada Harlene Hayne CNZM (born 1961 or 1962) is an American-born academic administrator who was the vice-chancellor and a professor of psychology at the University of Otago in New Zealand,[2] before moving to Western Australia to take up the position of vice-chancellor at Curtin University in April 2021.[3]

She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2002,[4] and is also a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.[2] She was recipient of the Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award from the American Psychological Foundation in 1997.[5]

She was the first female vice-chancellor of the University of Otago, and served in the role from 2011 to 2021.[6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ODT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Professor Harlene Hayne". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. ^ Beasley, Vanessa (27 April 2021). "New Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne begins at Curtin". Curtin University. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ "The Academy: G–I". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ^ "APF Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award for Young Psychologists". Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award for Young Psychologists. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  6. ^ Truesdale, Lisa (8 August 2016). "Peak Profile: Harlene Hayne '83, P'17". Bulletin. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Prof Harlene Hayne announced as Vice-Chancellor of Otago Uni". Retrieved 11 October 2012.