# Harlene Hayne

Vada harlene hayne (born 1961/1962) is an American-born academic administrator who is the vice-chancellor and a professor of psychology at the University of Otago in New Zealand.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 is the first female vice-chancellor of the University of Otago, and assumed the role in 2011. == Early life and education == Born in Oklahoma and raised in Colorado, Hayne attended Colorado College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.