Catherine Rawn

Employment: Faculty

Instructor, UBC Psychology Department, July 2009 to present

I am a tenure-track faculty member in the Learning Enhancement area in the Psychology Department who specializes in teaching. I teach the equivalent of three 3-credit courses each term, along with various other activities like facilitating Psychology TA training.

In 2012/2013 I’ll be teaching learners in four different courses. First up is Psych 100 (in the fall, the hardware side, including the basics of how the brain works, memory, and learning among other topics; then in the winter, the software side of things, including how we perceive ourselves and others, personality, psychological disorders and treament, among others). In the fall term, I also have two sections of Psych 217 (quantitative research methods). Although that might sound a little dull to you, I love this course! We work hard but have fun along the way.

Come January, I’ll be teaching learners in a course called Psych 208 (Section 2). Although 208 technically is entitled “Contemporary topics in social, clinical, personality, and developmental psychology” my section of this course focuses on applying social psychology to help learners become better students. We’ll cover topics like goal setting, self-control, motivation, and navigating group work productively, and get the chance to put that knowledge into practice with a team project. My title for that course is Psychology in your life: How social psychology can help you succeed. This course has been featured in UBC Reports, and my syllabus has been peer reviewed and published by the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology.

Also in January I’ll be teaching graduate students in a small section of Psych 508 Teaching of Psychology. We will thoughtfully explore the practical elements involved in designing and teaching a course to students, while considering the research literature on teaching throughout.

Sessional Instructor, UBC Psychology Department, September 2008 to April 2009. I taught two sections of Psych 217 quantitative research methods.

Sessional Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Psychology Department, September 2007 to December 2007. I taught Social Psychology and Personality Psychology.

Education

• PhD, 2009, Social/Personality Psychology with a minor in Quantitative Methods, UBC
• Summer Institute in Social Psychology. Austin, Texas, July 2007.
• MA, 2005, Social/Personality Psychology, UBC
• BA Hons, 2003, Psychology, University of Waterloo

Teaching Training

• Instructional Skills Facilitator Certificate. British Columbia Institute of Technology, June 18-22, 2007.
• Graduate Student Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. UBC Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, September 2006 – June 2007.
• Instructional Skills Workshop Certificate. UBC Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, August 3-5, 2005.

Courses Taught (total number of students since 2007)

• Introduction to Psychology (2 term course) (1469 students)
• Research Methods (507 students)
• Special topics (Psychology in your life: How social psychology can help you succeed) (385 students)
• Analysis of Behavioural Data (97 students)
• Social Psychology (35 students at Kwantlen)
• Personality Psychology (35 students at Kwantlen)

Book

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

Refereed Publications

• McConnell, A., Dunn, E., Austin, S., & Rawn, C. D. (2011). Blind spots in the search for happiness: Implicit attitudes and nonverbal leakage predict affective forecasting errors. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 628-634.
• Rawn, C. D. (2011). Psychology in your life: How social psychology can help you succeed [Class syllabus]. Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology Project Syllabus. Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/?category=Social
• Rawn, C. D., & Vohs, K. D. (2011). People Use Self-Control to Risk Personal Harm: An Intra-Interpersonal Dilemma. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, 267-289.
• Mead, N. L., Baumeister, R. F., Stillman, T. F., Rawn, C. D., & Vohs, K. D. (2011). Social exclusion causes people to spend and consume strategically in the service of affiliation. Journal of Consumer Research, 37, 902-919.
• Dar Nimrod, I.*, Rawn, C. D.*, Lehman, D. R., & Schwartz, B. (2009). The Maximization Paradox: The costs of seeking alternatives. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 631-635. *First authorship equal and listed alphabetically.

Non-Refereed Publications

• Rawn, C. D., & Vohs, K. D. (2011). When people strive for self-harming goals: Sacrificing personal health for interpersonal success. In K. D. Vohs, & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications (2nd edition), (pp. 374-389). New York: Guilford.
• Rawn, C. D. (2008). Self-Monitoring. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Rawn, C. D., Mead, N., Kerkhof, P., & Vohs, K. D. (2007). The influence of self-esteem and ego threat on decision making. In K. D. Vohs, R. F. Baumeister, & G. Loewenstein (Eds.), Do Emotions Help or Hurt Decision Making? A Hedgefoxian Perspective (pp. 157-182). New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.
• Rawn, C. D. & Vohs, K. D. (2006). The importance of self-regulation for interpersonal functioning. In K. D. Vohs, & E. J. Finkel (Eds.), Self and Relationships: Connecting Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processes(pp. 15-31). New York: Guilford Press.

Other Publications

• Rawn, C. D. (2010). Gender and Student Evaluations of Teaching. A report to the Standing Student Evaluations of Teaching Committee at UBC. Department of Psychology, UBC, Canada.
• Duncan, L. A., & Rawn, C. D. (2008). Teaching Assistant Handbook 2008/2009 to accompany Teaching Assistant Development Day. Department of Psychology, UBC, Canada. Revised and updated 2009, 2010.
• Rawn, C. D. (2008). Response Rates for Online Student Evaluations of Teaching. A report to the Standing Student Evaluations of Teaching Committee at UBC. Department of Psychology, UBC, Canada.
• Hakstian, A. R., Rawn, C. D., & Cuttler, C. (2008). Report to the University of British Columbia Vice President Academic and Provost on the New University Module Items and their Online Administration at the University of British Columbia. Department of Psychology, UBC, Canada.

Research Fellowships and Teaching Grants

• Teaching Assistant Training Program Grant, 2011-2012, from UBC.
• Teaching Assistant Training Program Grant, 2010-2011, from UBC.
• Teaching Assistant Training Program Grant, 2009-2010, from UBC.
• Teaching Assistant Training Program Grant, 2008-2009, from UBC.
• Pacific Century Graduate Fellowship, 2008-2009, from the province of British Columbia.
• University Graduate Fellowship, 2008-2009, from UBC.
• Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award, 2005-2008, from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
• Post Graduate Scholarship – A, 2003-2005, from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

Selected Awards

• Tara Nash Award for Outstanding Service, 2009, from UBC Psychology Department.
• Travel Award, 2008, from Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
• Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award, 2007, from UBC Faculty of Arts.
• Teaching Assistant Award, 2007, from UBC Psychology Department.

Current Professional Memberships

• Association for Psychological Science
• Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• Society for the Teaching of Psychology