Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday December 08, 2025, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the current weather, poor travel conditions and King's Transit cancelling service for the day. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours due to the weather and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled. All exams scheduled for today will be rescheduled to a later date.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO). If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Monday December 8, 2025 @ 11:34 am)

Dawn Ryan, Assistant Professor

Email address: dawn.ryan@acadiau.ca

Office: Horton Hall 422

Classes recently taught: Introductory Psychology 2, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology

EDUCATION

B.Sc. (Hons), Memorial University of Newfoundland

M.Sc., Brock University

Ph.D., Brock University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Ryan is interested in neurocognitive factors that influence episodic simulation across the lifespan. More specifically, she is interested in how age-related decline in episodic memory abilities may influence older adults’ ability to imagine future events and problem-solve. She is also interested in how stress and off-topic thoughts (i.e. performance monitoring and mind wandering) influence older adults’ memory and performance.
Dr. Ryan is always interested in discussing research collaboration opportunities.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Ryan, A. D., Smitko, R., & Campbell, K. L. (2023). The effects of situation similarity on episodic simulation of helping behaviour in younger and older adults. Scientific Reports.

Ryan, A. D., Bo O’Connor, B., Schacter, D. L., & Campbell, K. L. (2022). Episodic simulation of helping behavior in younger and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Memory and Cognition

Ryan, A. Dawn & Campbell, Karen L. (2021). The ironic effect of older adults’ increased task motivation: Implications for neurocognitive aging. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

Gallant, C., Luzcon, R., Ryan, D., & Good, D. (2020). Investigating cannabis use and associated symptoms among university students with and without a history of concussion. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2020.1847148