Harlene Hayne

Harlene Hayne
Hayne in 2016
6th Vice-chancellor at Curtin University
Assumed office
April 2021
ChancellorAndy Crane
Preceded byDeborah Terry
8th Vice-chancellor at the University of Otago
In office
1 August 2011  March 2021
ChancellorJohn Francis Ward
Royden John Somerville
Preceded byDavid Skegg
Succeeded byDavid Murdoch
Personal details
Born
Vada Harlene Hayne

1961/1962 (age 63–64)
Oklahoma, U.S.
Alma materColorado College (BA)
Rutgers University (MS, Ph.D.)
OccupationAcademic administrator, psychologist
Academic background
ThesisThe effect of multiple reminders on long-term retention in human infants (1988)
Doctoral advisorCarolyn Rovee-Collier
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
Institutions

Vada Harlene Hayne CNZM (born 1961 or 1962) is an American-born academic administrator who was the vice-chancellor and a professor of psychology at the University of Otago in New Zealand, before moving to Western Australia to take up the position of vice-chancellor at Curtin University in April 2021.

She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2002, and is also a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. She was recipient of the Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award from the American Psychological Foundation in 1997.

She was the first female vice-chancellor of the University of Otago, and served in the role from 2011 to 2021.