Elaine Reese

Jeanne Elaine Reese is an American-New Zealand psychology academic.
Academic career.
After a PhD at Emory University on early-childhood literacy, Reese moved to the University of Otago, where she rose to full professor in 2012. Reese has received four Marsden grants from the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Reese's work involves longitudinal studies of language and story formation in childhood and youth. In 2013, "The Atlantic" published her piece, "What Kids Learn From Hearing Family Stories", based on her research.
In 2019, Reese was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.