Dr. Catherine Rawn (she/her/hers) is a Professor of Teaching in the Department of Psychology at UBC Vancouver. She specializes in teaching and educational leadership, with a focus on introductory research methods and statistics, and a growing interest in qualitative and mixed methods for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Dr. Rawn has served as the department’s Associate Head, Undergraduate Affairs (2021-2025); UBC-V Senator (Joint Faculties Representative; 2023-2025); as well as the Curriculum Committee Chair for the Department (2014-2021), Faculty of Arts (2018-2023), and UBC-V Senate (2023-2025). In 2019-2020, Dr. Rawn was an Academic Leader for the International Faculty Development Program for Teaching Excellence (Faculty of Education).

All current and past syllabi are available here: https://blogs.ubc.ca/catherinerawn/teaching/courses/

Recent research interests focus on experiences of grades and grading, including the departmental grading policy, informed by ongoing prioritization of Indigeneity, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Other scholarly interests include educational leadership as professional growth, mixed-methods and qualitative research methods, student evaluations of teaching, and curriculum implementation and renewal particularly with respect to Indigenization.

Peer-reviewed publications

Rawn, C. D., Dammert, M., & Woo, J. (2026). How can a departmental grade alignment policy impact teaching and learning? Perspectives from instructors and students. Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2026.1.22506

Rawn, C. D. & Fox, J. A. (2018). Understanding the work and perceptions of Teaching Focused Faculty in a changing academic landscape. Research in Higher Education, 59, 591-622. DOI: 10.1007/s11162-017-9479-6. Open access available from http://rdcu.be/wro5.

Sandstrom, G. M., & Rawn, C. D. (2015). Embrace chattering students: They may be building community and interest in your class. Teaching of Psychology, 42, 227-233.

Krieger, S., Allen, M., & Rawn, C. (2015). Are females disinclined to tinker in computer science? SIGCSE’15 Proceedings of the 46th Association for Computing Machinery, Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 102-107.

Edited book

Golding, J., Rawn, C. D., & Kern, K. (Eds.). (2019). Strategies for Effectively Teaching Large Classes in Higher Education. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.

Chapter

Rawn, C. D., Ives, J., & Gilley, B. (2019). Two-Stage exams increase learning and laughter on exam day in classes of any size. In J. Golding, C. D. Rawn, & K. Kern (Eds.). Strategies for Effectively Teaching Large Classes in Higher Education. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.

Textbooks

Cozby, P. C., Mar, R. A., & Rawn, C. D. (2020). Methods in Behavioural Research, 3rd Canadian Edition. Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill.

Cozby, P. C., & Rawn, C. D. (2016). Methods in Behavioural Research, 2nd Canadian Edition. Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill.

Cozby, P. C., & Rawn, C. D. (2012). Methods in Behavioural Research, 1st Canadian Edition. Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill.

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Poster Award, SoTL Canada for poster presented at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference (2024)
• Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2 of the APA) Jane S. Halonen Early Career Award (2017)
• Killam Teaching Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2015)
• Robert E. Knox Master Teaching Award (2014)
• Tara Nash Award for Outstanding Service (2009)

As Educational Leadership stream faculty in Psychology, Dr. Rawn does not supervise graduate students.