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Hire Dr. Jenna C.

Canada

Profile Summary

I am an experimental psychologist with expertise in understanding how we perceive emotional facial expressions. I am a creative researcher and have developed a broad range of experimental paradigms that allow testing of diverse groups of individuals. In my research I have applied technologies such as eye tracking and EEG recording to better understand visual perception. My scientific training gives me the ability to look at situations, research and data from an analytical perspective and pull out trends and insights that others overlook. I have published several academic papers and I write for non-academic audiences as well. I enjoy translating scientific research to non-experts from one-on-one consultation to small group workshops or large seminar style presentations.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Evolutionary Biology
• ☆ Psychology
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ Child Development
• ☆ Social Psychology
• ☆ Visual Perception
• ☆ Science Education
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Sessional Instructor

McMaster University

June 2008 - July 2014

Academic Professor

Humber College

September 2012 - May 2013

Academic Professor, Learning and Cognition

University of Guelph - Humber

September 2012 - December 2012

Education

Ph.D. (Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour)

McMaster University

September 2005 - September 2010

B.Sc. Primatology (Anthropology)

University of Calgary

June 2003 - June 2005

B.Sc. Psychology (Psychology)

University of Calgary

September 1999 - June 2003

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Jenna L. Cheal, M.D. Rutherford(2015). Investigating the category boundaries of emotional facial expressions: Effects of individual participant and model and the stability over time . Personality and Individual Differences. 74. p. 146--152. Elsevier {BV}

Jenna L. Cheal, Jennifer J. Heisz, Jennifer A. Walsh, Judith M. Shedden, M.D. Rutherford(2014). Afterimage induced neural activity during emotional face perception . Brain Research. 1549. p. 11--21. Elsevier {BV}

Jenna L Cheal, M D Rutherford(2013). Context-dependent categorical perception of surprise . Perception. 42. (3). p. 294--301. Pion Ltd

Jenna L. Cheal, M.D. Rutherford(2011). Categorical perception of emotional facial expressions in preschoolers . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 110. (3). p. 434--443. Elsevier {BV}

Jenna L Cheal, M D Rutherford(2010). Mapping emotion category boundaries using a visual expectation paradigm . Perception. 39. (11). p. 1514--1525. Pion Ltd