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Dr. Jenna V. Congdon was born in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. She obtained her BSc (hons., cum laude) at Algoma University where she was supervised by Dr. David R. Brodbeck (honours project) and Dr. Laurie L. Bloomfield (NSERC USRA). She then went on to earn her MSc at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Christopher B. Sturdy (NSERC CGS-M) in the Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory. Jenna defended her dissertation obtaining a PhD in summer 2019 (NSERC CGS-D). She has since taught at the University of Alberta and Concordia University of Edmonton as a sessional instructor and conducted research for Dr. Marcia Spetch. In 2021, Jenna joined Toronto Zoo and York University, in collaboration with EAIGLE Inc., as a postdoctoral fellow (Mitacs Accelerate/Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy & NSERC PDF) working on training artificial intelligence to monitor zoo animals and investigate orangutan cognition.
Most recently, Jenna has settled in at Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) as an Assistant Professor, teaching courses and establishing her own lab, further involved with zoos and conservation areas, and studying both urban and wild animal populations. |
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Current Position
- Assistant Professor, Concordia University of Edmonton, August 2022-Present.
- Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3 2024-2026) Organizer, April 2023-Present.
- Member, Comparative Cognition Society (CCS), December 2014-Present.
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Research Interests:
Animal cognition and behaviour. Visual and auditory perception. Predator-prey relationships. Learning, language, and memory mechanisms and processes. Spatial processing in human and non-human animals. The decision-making process and immediate mechanisms. Behavioural neuroscience. Evolutionary psychology. Pain mechanisms, perception, and inhibition.
