Kimberley Campbell

Biography

Hi, I’m Kimberley Campbell. I began my university career as a biologist, studying the phylogeny of a family of anaerobic, single-celled microorganisms with the Simpson lab at Dalhousie University where I earned a B.Sc. Honours Co-op in Biology in 2012. As part of my degree, I worked with Hope for Wildlife, an animal rehabilitation organization which gave me a deeper appreciation for the animals that I had been superficially exposed to in my courses. It is one thing to hear about the intelligence of corvids and quite another to have to contend with a clever crow that steals your supplies to play a game of keep-away on a daily basis! I decided that I needed to learn more about animal behaviour, which lead me to the Songbird Neuroethology Lab at the University of Alberta where I expanded the list of “Creatures I Have Been Bitten By” to include chickadees and zebra finches. Under the supervision of Dr. Christopher Sturdy, I earned my M.Sc. (2015) and my Ph.D. (2019) in Psychology, studying the production and perception of vocalizations in black-capped chickadees.

Currently, I am a Sessional Instructor at both the University of Alberta and Concordia University of Edmonton in Edmonton, Alberta. In the current semester, I am teaching Basic Psychological Processes (PSYCO 104, PSY 104), Principles of Learning (PSYCO 381), Learning and Comparative Cognition (PSYCO 485), Individual and Social Behaviour (PSY 105), and Sensation and Perception (PSY 367).

Academic Positions

  • 20242024

    Sessional Instructor

    Concordia University of Edmonton, Department of Psychology

  • Present2019

    Assistant Lecturer

    University of Alberta, Department of Psychology

  • 20202020

    Sessional Instructor

    MacEwan University, Department of Psychology

  • 20192013

    Graduate Student

    Songbird Neuroethology Lab, University of Alberta

  • 20122011

    Honours Student

    Simpson Lab, Dalhousie University

  • 20112011

    Research Assistant

    Simpson Lab, Dalhousie University

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. 2019

    Ph.D. in Psychology

    University of Alberta

  • M.Sc. 2015

    Master of Psychology

    University of Alberta

  • B.Sc. 2012

    Bachelor of Science in Biology, Honours, Co-Op

    Dalhousie University

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • 2017-2019
    NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS D
    University of Alberta
  • 2018
    President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction
    University of Alberta
  • 2017
    President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction
    University of Alberta
  • 2017
    Faculty of Science Graduate Scholarship
    University of Alberta
  • 2015-2017
    Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Level
    University of Alberta
  • 2015
    Alberta Innovation and Advanced Education Graduate Student Scholarship
    University of Alberta
  • 2014-2015
    Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Master’s Level
    University of Alberta
  • 2007-2011
    Dalhousie University Dean’s List
    Dalhousie University
    Winter 2007/2008, Fall 2008/2009, Fall 2009/2010, Summer 2009/2010, Winter 2010/2011