Noeline Alcorn

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Noeline Alcorn

QSO
Alma mater University of California, Irvine
Scientific career
Fields Education research
Institutions Massey University
Thesis

Noeline Elizabeth Alcorn QSO is a New Zealand education-research academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Waikato. [1]

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Academic career

After attending Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington, New Zealand [2] and a 1971 PhD titled Vision and nightmare : a study of Doris Lessing's novels at the University of California, Irvine, Alcorn moved to the University of Waikato, rising to full professor. [1] [3]

Honours and awards

In 1993, Alcorn was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. [4] In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Noeline Alcorn - Staff Profiles: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz.
  2. "Professor Noeline Alcorn QSO (2012) - Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Karori - MyMarsden". marsden.ultranet.school.nz.
  3. "Does education shape society? | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
  4. "New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2020.