Dr Lillian Smyth BA, BSc(Psych)(Hons), PhD, SFHEA, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Psychology at the Australian National University. Her research examines the social psychology of identity and self-concept, and their applications. Much of her work focuses on education and the impacts of social self-perceptions on participation in higher education, student learning, student wellbeing and graduate outcomes. She is passionate about applications of her work that can facilitate the access and flourishing of historically underrepresented student populations in higher education.