Isabelle Deschamps
Biography
Dr. Isabelle Deschamps is a Professor in Georgian College’s Honours Bachelor of Counselling Psychology program and an applied researcher whose work spans psychology, cognitive neuroscience, mental health, and community-based research. She holds a PhD from McGill University and completed postdoctoral training at Université Laval, where her research examined the neural mechanisms underlying speech perception, language processing, cognition, working memory, and healthy aging. Since joining Georgian College in 2017, Isabelle has increasingly applied this research background to practical questions related to student success, mental health, resilience, and organizational well-being.
Isabelle has led and contributed to applied research projects involving workplace resiliency, psychological well-being, student learning, and community and organizational outcomes, as well as projects focused on cognitive neuroscience. Her work combines rigorous research methods with community and industry partnerships to generate evidence that can inform programs, policies, services, and organizational decision-making. She also has extensive experience in research design, ethics, quantitative and qualitative data collection, qualitative analysis and interpretation, statistical analysis, knowledge mobilization, and student research mentorship.
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Psychology, cognition, and mental health
- Cognitive neuroscience and brain-behaviour relationships
- Mental health, resilience, and psychological well-being
- Organizational well-being
- Community-engaged and applied social science research
- Research design, ethics, and data analysis
- Knowledge mobilization and undergraduate research mentorship