Tracy L. Riley (born 1966) is an academic dean and professor of education at
Massey University
Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...
. She specialises in gifted education.
Academic career
Riley was born in 1966. She was educated at the
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...
, graduating with a MEd in 1990 and PhD in 1995. She took up an academic position at Massey University in New Zealand 1996, rising to full professor effective 1 January 2020.
In 2007 Riley received a New Zealand Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching, in recognition of her pioneering work in eLearning and teaching research. She was presented with the giftEDnz Te Manu Kōtuku Award in April 2017.
Riley was the first chair of giftEDnz and as of 2020 continues as an elected board member. She has been New Zealand representative on the executive committee of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children since 2017.
Selected works
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Gifted Children keynote speech by Tracy Riley
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1966 births
Living people
University of Southern Mississippi alumni
Academic staff of Massey University
New Zealand women academics
Academics from Mississippi
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