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).

On sabbatical, 2025-26

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

Recent research interests focus on the intersection of departmental (grading) policy and implementation, through lenses informed by growing understanding of Indigeneity, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Other scholarly interests include educational leadership as professional growth, qualitative research methods, student evaluations of teaching, and curriculum implementation and renewal particularly with respect to Indigenization.

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.

Peer-reviewed publications

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.

• 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.