Eleanor Sandry
Perth, 2009
elsan[@]cantab.net
Educational Qualifications
PhD in English, Communication and Cultural Studies (Commenced 2006)
University of Western Australia
Thesis with the provisional title, “Understanding embodied emotional robots: using science fact and fiction to elucidate ontological arguments and develop new conceptions of friendship”. This thesis aims to promote and support interdisciplinary dialogue about ontology and concepts of friendship between the humanities and sciences.
Funded by an Australian Postgraduate Award.
Masters in Communication Studies (2004 – 2005)
University of Western Australia
Completion of this masters by coursework included a thesis entitled, “Lectures as landscapes of temporary shared reality: interdisciplinary theories in support of positive educational effects”. This research was a consideration of communication in the lecture theatre designed to provide a theoretical basis to argue that lectures can be an effective part of the tertiary education process.
All units towards the masters were completed with distinction or higher distinction.
Self-funded.
Graduate Diploma in Psychology (discontinued after 1 year in 2003)
University of Western Australia
Units completed with higher distinction.
Self-funded.
BA Honours in Natural Sciences 2:1 (1988 – 2001)
University of Cambridge, UK
Publications
Refereed paper: “Are workshops a valuable way to engage the future student? Evaluating workshops and tutorials in Women’s Studies”.
Published in the proceedings of the 17th Annual Teaching and Learning Forum 2008, “Preparing for the graduate of 2015″.
Refereed paper: “Positively speaking – actively listening: interdisciplinary reflections on lecturing as valuable in higher education”.
Published in the proceedings for the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) 2006 Conference, “Critical visions: thinking, learning and researching in higher education”.
Conferences
Attendance and presentation at:
STEP (Science, Technology and Economic Progress)
National Doctoral Program 2008.
Theme: “Technological Rhythms, Socio-Cultural Change”.
Hosted by hosted by the University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus
School of Social and Cultural Studies, UWA
2008 Graduate Conference, “Over the Threshold”.
Presented paper, “Communicating with radically different technological others as companion species“.
Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA) conference 2008, Perth, Australia.
Presented paper, “Being with ‘it’: creating un-gendered others“.
British Society for Literature and Science conference 2008, Keele, UK.
Presented paper, “Beautiful machines: robotic technology and conceptions of a ‘machine aesthetic’“.
Teaching and Learning Forum 2008, Perth, Australia.
Presented paper, “Are workshops a valuable way to engage the future student? Evaluating workshops and tutorials in Women’s Studies“.
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts conference 2007, “CODE”, Portland, Maine, USA.
Presented paper, “Machine codes in conversations with embodied emotional robots“.
Limina conference 2007, UWA.
Presented paper, “Relating to strange beings: exploring the alterity of embodied emotional robots“.
British Society for Literature and Science conference 2007, Birmingham, UK.
Presented paper, “Face and body in developing human-robot relations“.
School of Social and Cultural Studies, UWA
2006 Graduate Conference, “Off the Map: Charting New Cartographies in Social and Cultural Studies”.
Presented paper, “Using science fiction to map borderlands between the humanities and the sciences“.
HERDSA 2006 Conference, “Critical visions: Thinking, Learning and Researching in Higher Education”, Perth, WA.
Presented refereed paper, “Positively speaking – actively listening: interdisciplinary reflections on lecturing as valuable in higher education“.
School of Social and Cultural Studies, UWA
2005 Graduate Conference, “Intersections: Crossing Borders and Blurring Boundaries”.
Presented paper, “Lectures as temporary shared realities“.
Committees
Member of the Limina Editorial Collective 2006/2007
Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies. It is the collective endeavour of postgraduate students at UWA.
Member of the organising committee School of Social and Cultural Studies, UWA
2005 Graduate Conference, “Intersections: Crossing Borders and Blurring Boundaries”.
Scholarships, Awards and Prizes
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Postgraduate Award 2008
University of Western Australia Teaching Internship 2007
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Postgraduate Award 2007
Australian Postgraduate Award from 2006
Employment
March 2009 onwards
Tutor for Tutoring Services International, including providing thesis structuring, formatting and editing services for research students.
March 2009 – November 2009
Sessional teaching in Communication Studies, University of Western Australia.
March 2007 – November 2007
Sessional teaching in Women’s Studies and Communication Studies, University of Western Australia.
July 2004 – March 2006
Education Technology Developer/Web Developer, Multimedia Centre, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Australia.
February 2004
Freelance project developing the funding application website for the Network for Early European Research, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, UWA.
January 2003 – January 2004
CygNET Web Coordinator, UWA Library.
November 1992 – July 2002
Working variously as IT consultant, systems analyst, designer and developer in the UK.
October 1991 – June 1992
Supervisor in History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, UK.
Relevant Skills & Experience
General
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Supporting technical workshops in Dreamweaver and Photoshop for units at UWA
- Providing technical training for staff at UWA and prior to this in the UK
- Supervising students for Cambridge University colleges in History of Science, marking weekly essays and supporting students’ understanding of lectures
Information Technology
- Expert in all aspects of web design and development, including Dreamweaver and other web development tools, HTML and Javascript
- Experience in Photoshop image manipulation and Flash animation techniques
- Experienced designer user of WebCT including development and addition of course materials and assessment tasks
- Developer of Web-based Learning Systems while at the Multimedia Centre in UWA
- Experienced user of Microsoft Office and both Mac and PC systems
Academic Referees
Dr Chantal Bourgault
Lecturer
Communication Studies
The University of Western Australia
Dr Tanya Dalziell
Senior Lecturer
English and Cultural Studies
The University of Western Australia
Professor Ian Saunders
English and Cultural Studies/Communication Studies
The University of Western Australia
