Kelsey Perrykkad
This page includes a brief summary of Kelsey’s past positions in teaching and research over the last decade of her career. For a full CV please contact Kelsey, or see her LinkedIn.
Current Position

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2023 – 2026
Investigating the link between maternal and child mental health using longitudinal datasets starting in the antenatal period at the Centre of Women’s and Children’s Mental Health in the Psychiatry Department.
Education

Doctor of Philosophy
2017 – 2021
Thesis Title: Self in Autism: A Predictive Perspective
Supervisors: Jakob Hohwy and Sharna Jamadar

Bachelor of Arts
2010 – 2014
Double Major: Cognitive Science and Philosophy
Minor: Studio Art
Selection of Previous Teaching and Research Positions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2021 – 2022
Investigating how sense of agency and action-outcome learning constrain compassionate action at the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies.

Teaching Associate
2017 – 2020
Co-ordinated, lectured and tutored second year Critical Thinking course, including developing new content. Tutored Philosophy of Mind and Time, Self and Mind.

Senior Research Assistant, EEG Lab Manager
2014 – 2017
Worked primarily with Ross Cunnington on a Science of Learning Research Center project collecting physiological data from children in 24 real-life classrooms across Brisbane. Ran a project involving mobile EEG recording while participants threw darts.

Senior Research Officer
2016 – 2017
Recruitment and design of the Classroom Acoustics Project which tested the efficacy of sound field systems in improving classroom performance of autistic and non-autistic children.

Research Assistant
2011 – 2013
Worked with Clair Morrissey primarily on the development of course content (Environmental Ethics and Philosophy of Art) including a novel pedagogical method for teaching philosophy by collectively using and annotating shared online reading material.