Jeanne Elaine Reese FRSNZ is an American-New Zealand psychology academic.

[2] Reese has received four Marsden grants from the Royal Society of New Zealand.

[1] Reese's work involves longitudinal studies of language and story formation in childhood and youth.

In 2013, The Atlantic published her piece, "What Kids Learn From Hearing Family Stories", based on her research.

[3] In 2019, Reese was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.