Rate My Professor Jeff Smith

A quantitative psychologist specializing in measurement, Jeff Smith's research interests include the psychology of aesthetics, educational assessment, instructional feedback, formative assessment, and learning in cultural institutions. He is the founding co-editor of the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, former editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, and past president of the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. His achievements have earned him the Gustave Fechner Award for Outstanding Contributions to Empirical Aesthetics from the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics and the Rudolph Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychology and the Arts from Division 10 of the American Psychological Association. Key publications encompass the co-edited volume The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts (Cambridge University Press, 2014), the book Scoundrels, Cads and Other Great Artists, and recent articles including 'Sources of self-efficacy beliefs in learning accounting: Does gender matter?' (Journal of International Education in Business, 2025), 'Self-efficacy in teaching mathematics and the use of effective pedagogical practices in New Zealand primary schools' (Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2025), and 'The influence of three approaches to feedback on L2 writing task improvement and subsequent learning' (Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2023).