Rachel Zajac is a New Zealand forensic psychologist and professor at the University of Otago in Dunedin.
Zajac graduated from the University of Otago in 2002 with a PhD titled "The effect of cross-examination on the reliability and credibility of children's testimony".
[1] She joined the Department of Psychology as a lecturer the following year and was appointed associate professor in 2016.
[3][4] In March 2015, when a senior lecturer, Zajac won a Teaching Excellence Award presented by the University of Otago,[5] and in August 2016 she won a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award valued at NZ$20,000.
[6][7] Zajac has worked as an expert witness and also trained police, judges, lawyers and forensic scientists in the psychological aspects of criminal investigations.