Elizabeth Jayne White is a New Zealand early childhood teacher and academic, and is a full professor at the University of Canterbury, specialising in dialogic philosophy and early years pedagogy.
[1] White completed a PhD titled Assessment in New Zealand early childhood education: a Bakhtinian analysis of toddler metaphoricity at Monash University.
White then joined the faculty of the University of Canterbury, where she was appointed as Professor of Early Childhood Education.
[4] White's research focuses on dialogic philosophy and educational pedagogies in the early years.
[9] In 2024 she is working with Canterbury colleague Ngaroma Williams to explore children's relationships with their local waterscapes, using Waitarakao Washdyke Lagoon as the site of their investigation.