Jeff Sigafoos

{{Short description|New Zealand professor of educational psychology}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Jeffrey Scott Sigafoos | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = educational psychology | workplaces = | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Minnesota | thesis_title = Comparing explicit to generic vocabulary in teaching requests | thesis_url = http://primo.lib.umn.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=TWINCITIES&docId=UMN_ALMA21429951170001701 | thesis_year = 1989 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} '''Jeffrey Scott Sigafoos''' is a New Zealand professor of educational psychology.

After a PhD from the University of Minnesota, Sigafoos has held roles at University of Queensland, University of Sydney, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently a professor at Victoria University of Wellington and an adjunct professor at James Madison University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/education/about/staff/jeff-sigafoos|title=Jeff Sigafoos - Faculty of Education - Victoria University of Wellington|website=www.victoria.ac.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/ipads-ipods-may-help-autistic-children-3822607 |title=IPads, iPods may help autistic children - Technology News | TVNZ |access-date=19 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127023350/http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/ipads-ipods-may-help-autistic-children-3822607 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/business/our-people/7340445/Victoria-Universitys-moments-in-time|title=Victoria University's moments in time|website=Stuff}}</ref>

Sigafoos has been editor-in-chief of the journals ''Evidence-based Communication Assessment'' and ''Developmental Neurorehabilitation''.<ref>[https://enmed.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/new-editor-for-developmental-neurorehabilitation/ New Editor For Developmental Neurorehabilitation], press release, Informa Healthcare, January 9, 2009, retrieved 2015-03-21.</ref> In 2015, Sigafoos was implicated in a scandal involving Johnny Matson and another two academic journals, ''Research in Developmental Disabilities'' and ''Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders'', according to which Matson allegedly accepted papers by a select group of authors including himself and Sigafoos for publication in these journals without first sending them out for peer review.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2015/mar/12/games-we-play-troubling-dark-side-academic-publishing-matson-sigafoos-lancioni|title=The games we play: A troubling dark side in academic publishing|newspaper=The Guardian|date=March 12, 2015|first1=Pete|last1=Etchells|first2=Chris|last2=Chambers}}</ref>

==Selected works== * Challenging behavior and developmental disability * Technology and teaching * One-to-one training : instructional procedures for learners with developmental disabilities * Implementing augmentative and alternative communication : strategies for learners with severe disabilities

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==External links== * [https://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar?q=+Jeff+Sigafoos google scholar] * [http://www.victoria.ac.nz/education/about/staff/sedu/jeff-sigafoos institutional homepage]

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