Krista Renee Muis is a Canadian professor and Canada Research Chair in epistemic cognition and self-regulated learning at McGill University.
[1] She then moved on to Simon Fraser University where she graduated with her doctorate in educational psychology and the Dean's Medal for a 4.33 cumulative grade point average.
[3] While earning her PhD, Muis began working as an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
[6] She was also nominated for the Paul Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award[7] and named a full member of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance at Concordia University.
[14] Later in September, Muis was elected a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to the research of how epistemic cognition and emotions can influence students learning, motivation, and academic performance.