Mary Lee Smith

Smith attended the University of Colorado Boulder on a scholarship for her undergraduate studies. Going against advice to become a high school teacher, Smith returned to the University of Colorado Boulder to earn a PhD in counseling psychology.[2]

Following her doctorate, Smith joined the faculty at the University of Colorado in research methodology.[2] There, she worked closely with Gene Glass in incorporating meta-analyses into research. Interviews conducted by Morton Hunt revealed that Smith worked along Glass in locating the studies, constructing the sample, assessing the materials, coding, and calculating effect sizes.[3][4] Smith and Glass were later co-principal investigators on several important studies using meta-analyses in psychology,[5] and together with Thomas Miller, published the book Benefits of Psychotherapy in 1980.

Later on, Smith became a faculty member at Arizona State University, where her research interests focused on school and education policy. She has published numerous publications on education policy,[1] and published the book, Political Spectacle and the Fate of American Schools in 2003.

• Smith, ML; Glass, GV (1977). "Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies". Am Psychol. 32 (9): 752–760. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.32.9.752. PMID 921048.
• Smith, ML (1980). "Sex bias in counseling and psychotherapy". Psychol Bull. 87 (2): 392–407. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.87.2.392. PMID 7375605.
• Smith, Mary Lee; Glass, Gene V.; Miller, Thomas I. (1980). The Benefits of Psychotherapy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801823528.
• Smith, Mary Lee; Miller-Kahn, Linda; Heinecke, Walter; Jarvis, Patricia F. (2003). Political Spectacle and the Fate of American Schools. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415932017.