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Robert Williamson
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
Dr. Williamson's research explores the application of inclusive theories and practices to the support of local, national, and international complex youth within forced migration and conflict impacted contexts.
His primary research is connected to the REACH Global Initiative: https://www.sfu.ca/reach.html
school Supervision Status: Open to New Students
Research
Keywords
displacement; inclusion; teacher education; inclusive education
Supervisory Experience
Doctoral Supervision
- Polushin, Sandra (PhD, 2025), Photovoice as an alternative for understanding inclusive online learning design: experiences of students with learning disabilities
- Shadmehr, Ramin (PhD, 2024), Designing an Individualized Virtual Reality Environment for Training: A Design Case Study with Autistic Learners
- Eyres, Ruth M. (EdD, 2021), Exploring Parent experiences in providing sexuality education to children with intellectual disabilities (Co-supervisor)
- Brewer, Mary (EdD, 2020), A Closer Look at Eighth Grade Special Education Students Performance on High Stakes Testing: Examining the Compounding Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Mobility Rate on Test Scores
- Kim, Yearin (EdD, 2019), Perceptions of autism, culture, and personhood from parents of children with autism and from colleagues delivering services to children with autism (Co-supervisor)
- Sailors, Luanne Beth (EdD, 2015), Examining the Perceptions of Pre-Service Teachers Towards Including Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in a General Education Setting (Co-supervisor)
Master's Supervision
- Jia, Zhuochao (MA, 2026), Mainstream teachers' perspectives and practices in inclusive classrooms (LRC) in Henan Province, China: a qualitative pilot study
- Owoade, Adejoke O. (MA, 2026), Teachers' perspectives on meeting the needs of immigrant students in British Columbia, Canada
- Hamid, Hadar (MA, 2025), Educational resilience: navigation of higher education access among resettled students with experiences of forced displacement
- Nwobodo, Chukwudi (MA, 2025), Using peer video modelling to improve social conversational skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Banta, Alanna (MA, 2024), A phenomenological case study: independent high school teachers' perceptions of student fears of failure
- Pazoki Moakhar, Niayesh (MA, 2022), Who is Hussain? Exploring the lived experiences shaping the identity of an unaccompanied, undocumented, Afghan minor refugee
- McFadzen, Chelsea (MA, 2020), Exploring the presence of pathological demand avoidance in school aged children
- Schaaf, M (MA, 2015), The Preparedness of School Administrators Prepared to Provide Leadership in Special Education
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Last Updated: 12/08/26