Event registration
Organiser
Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Event name
Researching Your Teaching Practice Workshop Series - Navigating the Bumps and Turns of Scholarly Peer Review
Date & Time
(HKT / UTC +8) 07 March 2023 (Tuesday), from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Format
Online via Zoom
Target audience
Members in higher education sector
(Note: The workshop would be useful for any researcher, but particularly those looking to publish in the social sciences, and especially early career researchers.)
Event Description
Speaker
Dr. Shannon Lee Mason, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Nagasaki University, Japan
Dr Shannon Mason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Nagasaki University in Japan. Her research activities in education cover a range of themes from P-12 to PhD, with a central interest in the lived experiences of beginning and established teachers and researchers & the policies, processes and practices that influence them. She has been involved in a number of studies, workshops, and online material development on doctoral and early career publishing, and is co-founder of the @Scholarly_Peers support page on Twitter.
In most countries and disciplines, the primary venue for disseminating research is in peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles. Peer-reviewed articles are often used as a proxy measure of research/er ‘quality’, impacting job applications, promotions, and funding. While researchers generally receive training and guidance on how to write academic papers, there is often less attention paid to the processes that follow. As a result, researchers, especially those in their early career phase, may not be aware of the many practices and politics that influence the outcome of peer review.
In this 90-minute workshop, the speaker will look at some of the key activities involved in the process of getting manuscripts published, drawing from recent research and multiple discussions with researchers about their peer review experiences. The speaker will begin with advice for selecting the right journal and preparing a manuscript for a specific target audience. Then, the speaker will cover the various possible outcomes of the peer review process; what are they and how to deal with them. Finally, while it is never an outcome we want, rejection is common for researchers at all career phases, and the speaker will give some ideas for dealing with rejection both emotionally and practically.
Throughout the workshop there will be dedicated time for asking questions and sharing experiences. The workshop would be useful for any researcher, but particularly those looking to publish in the social sciences, and especially early career researchers.
Enquiry
For any queries regarding registration, please contact Ms Vienne Lin (viennelin@cuhk.edu.hk) or Ms. Vanessa Kiu (vanessakiu@cuhk.edu.hk).
Useful resource
Presentation slides available for downloads: Download