Dr. Isabelle Deschamps
BA, PhD
Professor, Honours Bachelor of Counselling Psychology
Biography
Isabelle Deschamps has worked at Georgian College since June 2017 in various roles, including partial-load faculty, faculty researcher, and field placement monitor.
Isabelle holds a doctorate degree from McGill University, where her research focused on understanding brain and behaviour relationships. She also holds a graduate diploma specializing in mental health from TELUQ University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from McGill University.
Here at Georgian as a faculty member, Isabelle is able to combine her passion for teaching and research, which she shares with her students in the Honours Bachelor of Counselling Psychology degree program.
I have always been fascinated by understanding how the brain works and changes as we age and experience life. As a faculty in the Honours Bachelor of Counselling Psychology program, I am now able to share my passion for research with students. I find it immensely rewarding and fulfilling to guide students through the research process, witness their growth, see their own passion for research ignite, and see them go on to contribute to their respective fields.
Dr. Isabelle Deschamps
Educational credentials and qualifications
- Teaching English as a Second Language – Canada Professional Standard Two, OnTESOL, Toronto ON, 2021
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Université Laval, Québec QC, 2017
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), McGill University, Montréal QC, 2013
- Specialized Graduate Diploma in Mental Health, Université du Québec à Montréal (Téluq), Montréal QC, 2008
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), McGill University, Montréal QC, 2006
Professional affiliations and certifications
Career highlights
- Professor, Georgian College
- Training non-thesis masters students and undergraduate honours thesis students
- More than 17 years of research experience in different roles, beginning as a research assistant during undergraduate degree studies
- 21 publications, including 16 manuscripts in peer review journals, seven of them as first author, and five book chapters and over 36 conference abstract presentations
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Lead, 2021-23
- Georgian College Ethics Board Member, 2019-23
- Postdoctoral Researcher, CERVO BRAIN RESEARCH CENTER, Quebec QC, 2017-21
- Neuroimaging Consultant, University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2015-17, 2021-23
Research
Research interests
- Psychology (cognition and mental health)
- Neuroscience (brain-behaviour relationships)
Research projects
- Faculties’ understanding, perceptions, and attitudes of academic integrity at the college: A case study
- Role: Co-investigator
- Year funded: 2023-24
- Amount funded: $8,000
- Funded by: Georgian College Research, Innovation and Scholarship fund
- Shock-proofing the Future of Work: Georgian College’s Digital Transformation Strategy
- Role: Principal investigator
- Year funded: 2021-23
- Amount funded: $955,200
- Funded by: Future Skills Centre – Skills Innovation Challenge grant
- Growing a Region of Changemakers: Building Educator Capacity to Measure and Support Students’ Growth as Social Innovators using Participatory Action Research
- Role: Consultant/advisor
- Year funded: 2021-24
- Amount funded: $360,000
- Funded by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Online self-regulated strategies and students’ psychological wellbeing in remote-learning environments during COVID-19
- Role: Principal investigator
- Year funded: 2020-21
- Amount funded: $7,800
- Funded by: Georgian College Research, Innovation and Scholarship fund
- Stress and coping strategies among first-year college students: Gaining insights into Georgian College’s student population
- Role: Principal investigator
- Year funded: 2019-20
- Amount funded: $7,600
- Funded by: Georgian College Research, Innovation and Scholarship fund
Publications
Featured publications
- Deschamps I, Courson M, Dick AS, Tremblay P. The phonological loop: is speech special? Exp Brain Res. 2020 Oct;238(10):2307-2321. doi: 10.1007/s00221-020-05886-9. Epub 2020 Jul 30. PMID: 32734355.
- Tremblay P, Brisson V, Deschamps I. Brain aging and speech perception: Effects of background noise and talker variability. Neuroimage. 2020 Dec 24;227:117675. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117675. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33359849.
- Grodzinsky, Y., Deschamps, I., Pieperhoff, P., Iannilli, F., Agmon, G., Loewenstein, Y., & Amunts, K. (2020). Logical negation mapped onto the brain. Brain Structure and Function, 225(1), 19–31.
- Grodzinsky, Y, Deschamps, I., Pieperhoff, P., Iannilli, F., Agmon, G., Loewenstein Y., and Amunts, K., 2020. Logical negation mapped onto the brain. Brain Structure and Function, 225(1), 19-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-019-01975-w.
- Tremblay, P., Perron, M., Deschamps, I., Kennedy-Higgins, D. Houde, J.-C., Dick, A.S., Descoteaux, M. (2019) The role of the arcuate and middle longitudinal fasciculi in speech perception in noise in adulthood. Human Brain Mapping, 40(1), 226-241. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24367.
- Tremblay, P., Deschamps, I., Bédard, P., Tessier, M-H., Carrier, M., & Thibeault, M. (2018). Aging of speech production, from articulatory accuracy to motor timing. Psychology and Aging, 33(7), 1022-1034. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000306
- Lortie, C. L., Deschamps, I., Guitton, M. J., & Tremblay, P. (2018). Age Differences in Voice Evaluation: From Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation to Social Interactions. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(2), 227-245. doi:10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-16-0202
- Tremblay, P., Sato, M., & Deschamps, I. (2017). Age differences in the motor control of speech: An fMRI study of healthy aging. Hum Brain Mapp, 38(5), 2751-2771. doi:10.1002/hbm.23558