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Graduate Research Pre-Conference

Last year Cirrus hosted us for a 3-hour, free pre-conference to the Summit featuring new research from graduate student researchers. Interpreters -- who draw their research topics from their interpreting work -- will again be presenting their summary findings again this year.  

Participants get an additional .3 CEUs.

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"How I am doing my own research"

 

Last year, Cirrus (the folks who bring you the TerpAcademy Summit) partnered with the Masters in Health Care Interpretation program at The National Technical Institute for the Deaf to bring you the first-ever graduate student research symposium. The title was, “I’m doing my own research…” where we featured four of our recent MSHCI graduates who presented their research findings. 

We have augmented our title from last year’s toHow I’m doing my own research’ to emphasize a brand new approach. This year, we are spotlighting the research methodologies, or how the graduate students designed and collected their data.

And, this year we are also teaming up with Western Oregon University and their Masters in Interpreting Studies program to expand our showcase of graduate student researchers.

Experiments

 

Randa Freeze and Monique Dubois present on their research methodology of experimental design (with deception) on the topics of interpreters’ accents and how they impact perceptions of deaf people and clinical impact of employing staff versus freelance interpreters.

Surveys / Interviews

 

Elizabeth Adler and Nathan Brown present on the research methodology of interviews with  interpreters and interpreter educators on the topics of barriers to working in mental health contexts and preparing culturally competent practitioners.

Think Aloud Protocol 

 

Cassandra Flores presents on the research methodology of performance-based retrospective TAPs with trilingual interpreters and identifying their strategies while working amidst three languages. 

Diary Study

 

Laura Liebhart presents on the research methodology of their pre and post diary study on the topic of self-talk and its impact on student interpreters. 

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Join me Saturday, June 24th at 10am

What is my presentation about?

 

Interpreters face an existential threat – to their careers and, depending on where they work, even to their health. Within a few short years from the start of work, many interpreters shift from thinking they have found the “best job ever” to considering an early departure from the profession. In addition, interpreters are also experiencing threats from the climate change of work – the very way they now provide services.

Increasing amounts of work are occurring online through remote platforms which not only increases demands but decreases controls. Stress, burnout and early departure or attrition are the most researched and ongoing topics in the field, starting as early back as the 1980s. In response to this, there is increased talk about work-life balance, setting boundaries, and self-care. All of this signals that perhaps, interpreting is not a life-long career or, maybe, we are missing effective interventions.

This workshop is designed to consider how we might imagine professional development – a re-imagined practitioner development instead. We will consider how current educational activities within the field are designed and the degree to which they result in the formation of interpreting practitioners. Further, we will imagine other ways to consider practitioner development – those which are also normative and restorative.

 

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