Lorraine Stefani

Lorraine Anne Jennifer Stefani (born 1953) is a British academic and author, and is emeritus professor of higher education at the University of Auckland. Stefani has edited several books on higher education leadership and practice, and is president of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association.

Academic career

Stefani originally trained as a scientist, and earned a Bachelor of Science with Honours at the University of Aberdeen, and then completed a PhD titled Mapping the transcriptional unit of the human epsilon globin gene at the University of Glasgow in 1982. Stefani was a Reader at the Centre for Academic Practice at the University of Strathclyde, and then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland in 2003, where she was Director of Academic Development. She was appointed full professor ten years later. Stefani retired from the university in 2017 and was awarded the title of emeritus professor.

Stefani is interested in the leadership models of complex organisations, and how leadership in education is developed. She has written or edited several books, with subjects including the educational potential of e-portfolios, inclusive leadership in higher education, and the evaluation of effective academic development. She also evaluated the University of Auckland's long-running Women in Leadership course.

Selected works

Books

Journal articles