Lizbeth Goodman

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is Professor of Inclusive Design for Education at

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, and a professor in the university's School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

Education and career

Formerly a scholar of the theatre and a BBC television presenter, Goodman has master's degrees from the

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and

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, and a doctorate from the

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. While at Cambridge she was a member of the

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, being executive producer for ''Amazons!: The Official Version'' in 1990-1991 and ''Daughters of England'' in 1989-1990 and Women's Officer in 1989-1990. After eight years teaching theatre at the Open University, leading the Institute for New Media Performance Research at the

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, and directing the SMARTlab Centre at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, she became Chair of Creative Technology Innovation at the

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in 2005, before moving to her present position at University College Dublin. She founded SMARTLab, now based at UCD, in 1992 and its ethos is "creative technology innovation for real social change". Her research interests include inclusive design using technology including

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to help people with

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intellectual disabilities Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), Rosa's Law, Pub. L. 111-256124 Stat. 2643(2010).Archive is a generalized neurodevelopmental ...

. She is a member of the board of governors of

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Selected books

Goodman is the author or co-author of: * ''Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own'' (Gender & Performance) by Lizbeth Goodman (

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, 1993). . * ''Literature and Gender: An Introductory Textbook'' (Approaching Literature) by Lizbeth Goodman (Routledge, 1996). . * ''Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon: An Introductory Textbook'' (Approaching Literature) by Lizbeth Goodman and W.R. Owens (Routledge, 1996). . * ''Feminist Stages: Interviews with Women in Contemporary British Theatre'' (Contemporary Theatre Studies) by Lizbeth Goodman and Jane de Gay (Routledge, 1997). . Her

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s include: *''Imagining Women: Cultural Representations and Gender'', Frances Bonner, Lizbeth Goodman, Richard Allen, Linda Janes, and Catherine King, editors (Polity Press, 1992) * ''The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance'' by Lizbeth Goodman, and Jane de Gay, editors (Routledge, 1998). . * ''The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance'' by Jane de Gay and Lizbeth Goodman, editors (Routledge, 2000). . *''Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women'' by Jane de Gay and Lizbeth Goodman, editors (Intellect, 2003)

Reviews

References

External links

Lizbeth Goodman web page
at the University of East London
Lizbeth Goodman, SmartLab and FutureLab, UK, at opening of DIU seminarium on Future learning, London, January 2010
video on

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