Emeritus Professor Christine Ruby-Davies
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Emeritus Professor Learning, Development and Professional Practice
Professor Christine Rubie-Davies is based in the School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice in the Faculty of Arts and Education|n. She has been at the University of Auckland| Waipapa Taumata Rau since April 1998.
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
2015- Professor of Education, University of Auckland
2023- Visiting Professor of Teacher Expectations, Academica University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2020- 2022 Director Te Pūtahi Research Centre (Woolf Fisher)
2012-2014 Head of School and Associate Professor, School of Learning Development and Professional Practice, Faculty of Education,
University of Auckland
2006-2011 Senior Lecturer, School of Teaching Learning and Development, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland
2002-2005 Programme Coordinator Primary Teacher Education, School of Education, University of Auckland
1998-2001 Deputy Director Primary Teacher Education, School of Education, University of Auckland
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
2015 Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley (3 months)
2015 Visiting Professor, University of California at Riverside (4 months)
2015 Visiting Professor, University of Virginia (12 months)
2012 Visiting Scholar, University of Arizona (April)
2008-2009 Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley (6 months)
2007-2009 Visiting Scholar, University of London, Institute of Education (2 years)
2005-2006 Senior Researcher, Project asTTle, Uniservices, University of Auckland
Distinctions/Honours:
2024 Named in top 2% of researchers in education internationally: Stanford-Elsevier: https://topresearcherslist.com/Home/Search?AuthFull=Rubie-Davies
2023 Member New Zealand Order of Merit; New Year’s Honours
2023 Elected Fellow Royal Society of New Zealand
2022 University of Auckland Research Impact Award
2021 CABLE Research Impact Award (University of Auckland)
2021 Outstanding Reviewer American Educational Research Association, Review of Educational Research
2019 Elected Fellow American Psychological Association, Division 15 Educational Psychology
2019 Grade of A in Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF)
2019 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Studies in Educational Evaluation.
2018 Research Excellence Medal (University of Auckland)
2017 Outstanding Reviewer American Educational Research Association, Review of Educational Research
2016 Appointed New Zealand Vice President, International Federation of International Teaching Fellows
2015 Outstanding Reviewer American Educational Research Association, Review of Educational Research
2014 University-Practitioner Partnership Award, 7th Educational Psychology Forum, Dunedin
2014 Outstanding Poster American Educational Research Association: Division C, Section 3A Learning Environments
2013 Outstanding Reviewer American Educational Research Association, Review of Educational Research
2013 Grade of A in Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF)
2011 Early Career Research Excellence Award (University of Auckland)
2011 American Psychological Association Convention Registration Award
2011 American Psychological Association Travel Award
2009 Elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (US)
2007 New Zealand National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for Sustained Excellence
2006 University of Auckland Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award
1995 New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa Award for Teaching Excellence (Primary teaching)
Committee/Professional groups/Services:
2024 - Appointed education panel member Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), Hong Kong
2016- Appointed executive member International Federation of National Teaching Fellows
2009- Association for Psychological Science (US)
2007- Invited member AKO Aotearoa Academy
2006- American Psychological Association
2006- American Educational Research Association
2006- European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction
1999-2009 New Zealand Association for Research in Education
2004-2009 British Educational Research Association
2004-2006 European Educational Research Association
Editor
2021 Guest Editor Learning and Instruction. Special issue: Implicit bias in classrooms
2013 Guest Editor for a Special Edition of The International Journal of Quantitative Measurement in Education
Associate Editor
2018- Contemporary Educational Psychology
Regional Editor
2013- 2024 Educational Research and Evaluation
Editorial Board
2016-2018 Sage Open
2013-2015 Journal of Educational Psychology
Review Board
2022-2025 Learning and Instruction
2018-2025 Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
2017-2018 Contemporary Educational Psychology
2012-2024 Review of Educational Research
2012-2017 International Journal of Quantitative Research in Education
2006-2012 International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
University of Auckland Committees
2021 Faculty of Law Staffing Committee
2017 Internal panel Education, Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF)
2012- Senate
2016-2022 University Staffing Committee
2016-2020 Faculty of Science Staffing Committee
2012-2014 University Promotions Committee for Professional Teaching Fellows
2009-2012 University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee
Qualifications:
PhD, MEd (Hons), BA, DipTchg (Distinction)
Areas of Expertise:
- Teacher expectations
- Teacher beliefs
- Teacher personality and characteristics
- Teacher bias
- Student self-perceptions
- Student beliefs
- Goal-setting
- Quantitative and qualitative methodologies
Media Keywords:
Teacher expectations, Teacher bias, Teacher beliefs, Streaming and ability grouping, Personality and characteristics of teachers,
Self esteem of students, Self-perceptions of students
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Emeritus Professor Christine Ruby-Davies
Emeritus Professor Christine Ruby-Davies
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