Karen V Lee
Biographic Data
| ID | 657549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen V Lee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen V |
| FAMILY NAME | Lee |
| SIGNATURE | LEE K V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Tommy's Tune: Autoethnographic Duet
The following autoethnographic duet by faculty advisor and professor creates a dramatic and evocative account of the personal and cultural experience about a disabled student teacher. They blend storytelling and music which fuses a theoretical analysis about storytelling and life. Although sociocultural issues draw deep reflection about the emotional turmoil, cultural influences of language and social interaction provide details that critique soc…
An Autoethnography: Music Therapy after Laser Eye Surgery
The following autoethnography reveals the author's physical struggle with being confined in bed after laser eye surgery. She reflects on living simultaneously in a culture of temptation and a culture of control. The challenge causes her to shift back and forth within her personal experience while listening to music being played at her home. At a deeper level, she finds inner strength to resist using her eyes as the music therapeutically addresses…
A Neophyte About Online Teaching: Almost Done
The following autoethnography reflects a neophyte instructor's obsession with teaching an online graduate course. The experience forces her to move ethnographically forward and backward with students in a novel, and sometimes, more intimate fashion. She struggles to balance a serving of technology with a dollop of human interaction, but finds online teaching can be time consuming. Though students are physically dispersed and isolated, they sustai…
White Whispers
The autoethnography in this article explores the author's struggle with racism. The emotional landscape causes her to blur the boundaries between the individual and collective human experience. She reflects on memories of discrimination and reveals the irony of how she lives in both a culture of diversity and a culture of prejudice. Reflecting challenges the author to realize that racism still exists despite societal efforts at advancing the noti…
At the Beach: Mother and Daughter
A Fugue About Grief
The following autoethnography reveals the author's personal struggle when informed about a suicide. The resulting emotional turmoil causes her to shift forward, backward, and sideways through memories of death during a summer beach outing with her daughter. The narrative demonstrates how she copes with her inner anguish while striving to preserve a happy union. She reveals the painful irony of living simultaneously in a culture of happiness and c…
Neuroticism: End of a Doctoral Dissertation
This autobiographical account of the author, a graduate student, reflects the end of her doctoral studies. She writes to the point of obsession. The author inscribes into the curriculum her process of becoming. More central, she desires to create a pedagogical context for others to identify the epistemological assumptions that underlie the phenomenon of writing as reflective practice. Autobiography was discovered as a way to make sense and transf…
Joseph Santini: Divided I Stand
This short story chronicles a professional jazz musician, Joseph Santini, in conflict about whether he should accept a full-time teaching position as a high school music educator. This story focuses, interprets, clarifies, and communicates Joseph's conflict. It also demonstrates the use of stories for culturally relevant research. Joseph's experience transcends impressions of musicians and teachers prevalent in the dominant cultural milieu. The s…
Spoiled in Academia
An Autoethnography: Music Therapy after Laser Eye Surgery
The following autoethnography reveals the author's physical struggle with being confined in bed after laser eye surgery. She reflects on living simultaneously in a culture of temptation and a culture of control. The challenge causes her to shift back and forth within her personal experience while listening to music being played at her home. At a deeper level, she finds inner strength to resist using her eyes as the music therapeutically addresses…
White Whispers
The autoethnography in this article explores the author's struggle with racism. The emotional landscape causes her to blur the boundaries between the individual and collective human experience. She reflects on memories of discrimination and reveals the irony of how she lives in both a culture of diversity and a culture of prejudice. Reflecting challenges the author to realize that racism still exists despite societal efforts at advancing the noti…
Neuroticism: End of a Doctoral Dissertation
This autobiographical account of the author, a graduate student, reflects the end of her doctoral studies. She writes to the point of obsession. The author inscribes into the curriculum her process of becoming. More central, she desires to create a pedagogical context for others to identify the epistemological assumptions that underlie the phenomenon of writing as reflective practice. Autobiography was discovered as a way to make sense and transf…
A Fugue About Grief
The following autoethnography reveals the author's personal struggle when informed about a suicide. The resulting emotional turmoil causes her to shift forward, backward, and sideways through memories of death during a summer beach outing with her daughter. The narrative demonstrates how she copes with her inner anguish while striving to preserve a happy union. She reveals the painful irony of living simultaneously in a culture of happiness and c…
Joseph Santini: Divided I Stand
This short story chronicles a professional jazz musician, Joseph Santini, in conflict about whether he should accept a full-time teaching position as a high school music educator. This story focuses, interprets, clarifies, and communicates Joseph's conflict. It also demonstrates the use of stories for culturally relevant research. Joseph's experience transcends impressions of musicians and teachers prevalent in the dominant cultural milieu. The s…
Neuroticism: End of a Doctoral Dissertation
This autobiographical account of the author, a graduate student, reflects the end of her doctoral studies. She writes to the point of obsession. The author inscribes into the curriculum her process of becoming. More central, she desires to create a pedagogical context for others to identify the epistemological assumptions that underlie the phenomenon of writing as reflective practice. Autobiography was discovered as a way to make sense and transf…
Joseph Santini: Divided I Stand
This short story chronicles a professional jazz musician, Joseph Santini, in conflict about whether he should accept a full-time teaching position as a high school music educator. This story focuses, interprets, clarifies, and communicates Joseph's conflict. It also demonstrates the use of stories for culturally relevant research. Joseph's experience transcends impressions of musicians and teachers prevalent in the dominant cultural milieu. The s…
Spoiled in Academia
At the Beach: Mother and Daughter
A Fugue About Grief
The following autoethnography reveals the author's personal struggle when informed about a suicide. The resulting emotional turmoil causes her to shift forward, backward, and sideways through memories of death during a summer beach outing with her daughter. The narrative demonstrates how she copes with her inner anguish while striving to preserve a happy union. She reveals the painful irony of living simultaneously in a culture of happiness and c…
A Neophyte About Online Teaching: Almost Done
The following autoethnography reflects a neophyte instructor's obsession with teaching an online graduate course. The experience forces her to move ethnographically forward and backward with students in a novel, and sometimes, more intimate fashion. She struggles to balance a serving of technology with a dollop of human interaction, but finds online teaching can be time consuming. Though students are physically dispersed and isolated, they sustai…
White Whispers
The autoethnography in this article explores the author's struggle with racism. The emotional landscape causes her to blur the boundaries between the individual and collective human experience. She reflects on memories of discrimination and reveals the irony of how she lives in both a culture of diversity and a culture of prejudice. Reflecting challenges the author to realize that racism still exists despite societal efforts at advancing the noti…
An Autoethnography: Music Therapy after Laser Eye Surgery
The following autoethnography reveals the author's physical struggle with being confined in bed after laser eye surgery. She reflects on living simultaneously in a culture of temptation and a culture of control. The challenge causes her to shift back and forth within her personal experience while listening to music being played at her home. At a deeper level, she finds inner strength to resist using her eyes as the music therapeutically addresses…
Tommy's Tune: Autoethnographic Duet
The following autoethnographic duet by faculty advisor and professor creates a dramatic and evocative account of the personal and cultural experience about a disabled student teacher. They blend storytelling and music which fuses a theoretical analysis about storytelling and life. Although sociocultural issues draw deep reflection about the emotional turmoil, cultural influences of language and social interaction provide details that critique soc…
Sociology (8 works) · Autoethnography (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)