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Kristy Robinson and Bassam Khoury Appointed as New and Renewed William Dawson Scholars

Published: 4 June 2026

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ professors as Distinguished James 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Professors, James 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

The William Dawson Scholars award recognizes associate and assistant professors with demonstrated potential to become global leaders in their field. Among this year’s 11 recipients is °­°ù¾±²õ³Ù²âÌý¸é´Ç²ú¾±²Ô²õ´Ç²Ô, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology. She has published 35 papers in prestigious journals and has secured over $860,000 in external funding. Notably, she was appointed Associate Editor at her field’s flagship journal (Journal of Educational Psychology) prior to tenure, a rare achievement. Her honours include the Canadian Psychological Association President’s New Researcher Award and two Early Career Scholar Awards from the American Educational Research Association, and she was named one of the most productive educational psychology scholars worldwide in two Educational Psychology Review articles.

Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Director of the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Mindfulness Research Lab, Bassam Khoury, was renewed for a second term as a William Dawson Scholar, as part of the 2026 cohort.

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