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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). Jenna is currently in her fourth and final year of her PhD (sixth year of graduate school; NSERC CGS-D) in the Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory, scheduled to defend August 2019. She will be teaching several classes in Fall 2019 and Winter 2020, and is interested in post-doctoral research opportunities for 2020.
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Current Position
- Graduate Student/PhD Candidate, 4th and final year of PhD program, University of Alberta, Department of Psychology, Comparative Cognition & Behaviour, September 2013-Present (MSc & PhD).
- Psychoquium Organizer, Graduate Psychology Association (GPA), University of Alberta, Department of Psychology, September 2018-Present (hosting Dr. Susan Healy).
- Member, Comparative Cognition Society (CCS), December 2014-Present.
- Member, International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP), March 2018-2020.
Research Interests:
Animal cognition. Predator-prey relationships. Perception, learning, language, and memory mechanisms and processes. Spatial processing in humans and non-humans. The decision-making process and immediate mechanisms. Behavioural neuroscience. Evolutionary psychology.
