Rate My Professor Moira Suttie

Moira Suttie is a Senior Administrator in the Academic Division at the University of Otago, based in Dunedin within the Student Experience department. She supports academic operations and student-related administrative functions. In 2025, she was a member of the Project DOUG and AVA team, led by Louise Ross and Kitty Higbee, alongside Kylie Davies, Finn Butler, Nadeeka Perera, and Lachlan Graham. The team won the Award for Exceptional Performance by Professional Staff (Team) at the Vice-Chancellor's Staff Awards. They implemented Robotic Process Automation bots: DOUG for automating domestic undergraduate offers and AVA for application validation automation. These innovations handle repetitive tasks, enhancing efficiency for admissions staff, applicants, and departments, thereby improving the overall student journey at the university.

Previously affiliated with the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago, Moira Suttie contributed to research in social psychology, focusing on intergroup discrimination and self-esteem. She co-authored 'Private collective self-esteem and positive and negative forms of discrimination' in the Australian Journal of Psychology (2008, volume 60, issue 1, page 47), with Jill Hayhurst, John A. Hunter, and others. She led the chapter 'Intergroup Discrimination: The Positive Negative-Asymmetry Effect (PNAE) and Private Collective Self-Esteem' in the Handbook on the Psychology of Self-Esteem (Nova Science Publishers, 2014), co-authored with John A. Hunter, Mike Banks, Sarah Kafka, and Jill Hayhurst. Additionally, she co-authored 'Negative intergroup discrimination and private collective self-esteem' in the Handbook on Psychology of Self-Esteem (2012), with John A. Hunter, Kerry S. O'Brien, Scott Davidson, Mike Banks, Sarah Kafka, and Maurice Stringer. These publications examine associations between private collective self-esteem and positive and negative intergroup discrimination.