research – Dr Sherrie Lee

Conference Season 2017

Sherrie Lee — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:58:04 +0000

The year-end was a bumper crop of conferences, varied and productive but for different reasons. At the beginning of 2017, I had only planned on presenting at one conference, but along the way, other opportunities came along that were hard to turn down. Despite working up a hectic schedule of five presentations at four events…

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The Never Perfect World of Translation

Sherrie Lee — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:00:32 +0000

Translation is more than achieving accuracy. It's also aligning translation with context and analytical goals.

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Surviving the PhD in an Age of Uncertainty

Sherrie Lee — Tue, 23 May 2017 23:55:18 +0000

Uncertainty lurks in all corners of doctoral study, including the research itself such as grappling with theory and data collection and analysis, as well as the supervision relationships. There's also uncertainty in what comes after - what kind of career will my PhD lead to. There's no way to avoid uncertainty, but there is a phrase my supervisor introduced to me at our very first supervision meeting that may help manage it - 'ambiguity tolerance'.

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Using Google Hangouts on Air for a Research Presentation

Sherrie Lee — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:40:18 +0000

Although Google Hangouts on Air launched in May 2012, I only recently discovered it when I chanced upon a colleague’s live lecture while scanning my Google+ feed. And what I saw, I liked. Google Hangouts on Air (or HOA for short) broadcasts what happens in a Google Hangout session. In that session, you can choose…

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The Academic Life I Never Imagined

Sherrie Lee — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:56:45 +0000

The first time I dabbled in a thesis, I was 21 or so. It got off to a shaky start, not helped by the fact I changed my topic mid-way because I had lost passion in the initial topic. And while I was a whole lot more motivated with the newer topic, I had less…

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