Formerly a scholar of the theatre and a BBC television presenter,^[2] Goodman has master's degrees from the University of Cambridge and Washington University in St. Louis, and a doctorate from the Open University.^[1] While at Cambridge she was a member of the Footlights, being executive producer for Amazons!: The Official Version in 1990-1991 and Daughters of England in 1989-1990 and Women's Officer in 1989-1990.^[3]

After eight years teaching theatre at the Open University, leading the Institute for New Media Performance Research at the University of Surrey, and directing the SMARTlab Centre at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, she became Chair of Creative Technology Innovation at the University of East London in 2005,^[2] before moving to her present position at University College Dublin.^[1] She founded SMARTLab, now based at UCD, in 1992 and its ethos is "creative technology innovation for real social change".^[4]

Her research interests include inclusive design using technology including virtual reality to help people with autism or intellectual disabilities.^[5]

She is a member of the board of governors of Ravensbourne University London.^[6]

Goodman is the author or co-author of:

• Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own (Gender & Performance) by Lizbeth Goodman (Routledge, 1993). ISBN 978-0-415-07306-6.^[a]
• Literature and Gender: An Introductory Textbook (Approaching Literature) by Lizbeth Goodman (Routledge, 1996). ISBN 978-0-415-13574-0.
• Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon: An Introductory Textbook (Approaching Literature) by Lizbeth Goodman and W.R. Owens (Routledge, 1996). ISBN 978-0-415-13576-4.^[b]
• Feminist Stages: Interviews with Women in Contemporary British Theatre (Contemporary Theatre Studies) by Lizbeth Goodman and Jane de Gay (Routledge, 1997). ISBN 978-3-7186-5882-4.^[c]

Her edited volumes include:

• Imagining Women: Cultural Representations and Gender, Frances Bonner, Lizbeth Goodman, Richard Allen, Linda Janes, and Catherine King, editors (Polity Press, 1992)^[d]
• The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance by Lizbeth Goodman, and Jane de Gay, editors (Routledge, 1998). ISBN 978-0-415-16582-2.^[e]
• The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance by Jane de Gay and Lizbeth Goodman, editors (Routledge, 2000). ISBN 978-0-415-17473-2.^[f]
• Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women by Jane de Gay and Lizbeth Goodman, editors (Intellect, 2003)^[g]

• Lizbeth Goodman web page at the University of East London
• Lizbeth Goodman, SmartLab and FutureLab, UK, at opening of DIU seminarium on Future learning, London, January 2010 video on Vimeo