November 2016: Sheena News

Academic writing update

On 27th October, Sheena presented undergraduate research at the Fifth Australasian Conference of Undergraduate Research (ACUR), hosted by CQUniversity in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

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Figure 1: Sheena presenting at ACUR 2016.  Source: Mackie, S 2016

The 20 minute spoken presentation was in Sociology and in the category of Social Justice.

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Figure 2: Sheena presenting at ACUR 2016 – Introduction. Source: Mackie, S 2016.

An abstract of the work is currently available here:

ABSTRACT: The global response…

*The full presentation will be available soon. 

 

Music update

Sheena is currently in the process of writing music with John (Nymo) Nyman for an upcoming album. John was a member of charting Australian pop band, Geisha in the 1980s.

Other writing work

An sociological blog is in the works, as are a few other publication opportunities. Sheena is adjusting direction to pursue goals in academic writing in 2017.


References

Figures 1 -2:  Mackie, S 2016, ‘The global response to climate change requires a new paradigm’, Fifth Australasian Conference of Undergraduate Research (ACUR) 2016, undergraduate presentations, pp. 1-2.

More information:

ACUR: Australasian Council for Undergraduate Research; Australasian Conference of Undergraduate Research 2016.

http://www.acur.org.au 

 

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