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Luanna Meyer

Emeritus Professor

School of Education

  • Emeritus Professor
    School of Education

BIO

Luanna H. Meyer was founding Director of the Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational Research and is Professor Emerita of Education.Previous academic appointments include positions at Massey University (Assistant Vice-Chancellor-Academic; Pro Vice-Chancellor Education), and on the faculty at the University of Hawai'i, the University of Minnesota, and Syracuse University in the USA.

Her ongoing research and scholarship are focused on restorative discipline in schools, motivation and secondary school achievement, higher education assessment, academic governance, and culturally responsive practices in educational settings. She has published 14 books and over 250 journal articles, book chapters, and government reports and served as director of externally funded research contracts totaling $13 million USD.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor of Education (Research)
    Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Education, New Zealand2005 - 2012
  • Director, Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational Research
    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand2015 - 2012
  • Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
    Massey University, New Zealand2002 - 2005
  • Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor
    Massey University College of Education, New Zealand1997 - 2002
  • Professor of Education
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States1988 - 1997
  • Associate Professor
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States1984 - 1988
  • Associate Professor of Special Education
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States1982 - 1984
  • Assistant Professor of Special Education
    University of Hawaii System, Honolulu, United States1976 - 1982

DEGREES

  • BA
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States1967
  • MS
    Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States1973
  • PhD
    Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States1976

FIELDS OF RESEARCH