Lizbeth Goodman

Lizbeth Goodman FRSA is Professor of Inclusive Design for Education at University College Dublin, and a professor in the university's School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

Education and career Formerly a scholar of the theatre and a BBC television presenter, Goodman has master's degrees from the University of Cambridge and Washington University in St. Louis, and a doctorate from the Open University.

After eight years teaching theatre at the Open University, leading the Institute for New Media Performance Research at the University of Surrey, and directing the SMARTlab Centre at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, she became Chair of Creative Technology Innovation at the University of East London in 2005,

Her research interests include inclusive design using technology including virtual reality to help people with autism or intellectual disabilities.

She is a member of the board of governors of Ravensbourne University London.

Selected books Goodman is the author or co-author of: Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own (Gender & Performance) by Lizbeth Goodman (Routledge, 1993). . Literature and Gender: An Introductory Textbook (Approaching Literature) by Lizbeth Goodman (Routledge, 1996). . Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon: An Introductory Textbook (Approaching Literature) by Lizbeth Goodman and W.R. Owens (Routledge, 1996). . Feminist Stages: Interviews with Women in Contemporary British Theatre (Contemporary Theatre Studies) by Lizbeth Goodman and Jane de Gay (Routledge, 1997). .

Her edited volumes include: Imagining Women: Cultural Representations and Gender, Frances Bonner, Lizbeth Goodman, Richard Allen, Linda Janes, and Catherine King, editors (Polity Press, 1992) The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance by Lizbeth Goodman, and Jane de Gay, editors (Routledge, 1998). . The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance by Jane de Gay and Lizbeth Goodman, editors (Routledge, 2000). . Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women by Jane de Gay and Lizbeth Goodman, editors (Intellect, 2003)

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