{"id":2467,"date":"2016-04-25T21:12:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2018-01-17T15:30:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T20:30:19","slug":"my-academic-role-model-tracey-danaher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/my-academic-role-model-tracey-danaher\/","title":{"rendered":"My academic role model: Tracey Danaher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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guest article by\u00a0Tracey Danaher<\/em><\/p>\n

An academic career is a journey that is greatly shaped by those we meet along the way.\u00a0 As a PhD student in Australia I was greatly influenced by the panel sessions I attended and the discussions I had with Professor Janet McColl-Kennedy<\/em> (UQ), Professor Rod Brodie<\/em> (U Auckland) and Professor Les Johnson<\/em> (MBS).\u00a0 Traveling further abroad, time spent at FSU with Professor Mike Brady<\/em> and at ASU with Professor Mary Jo Bitner<\/em> inspired me to be more ambitious with my research projects. Spending time with academics beyond the services community such as Professor Russ Winer<\/em> (NYU), Professor Gary Lillian<\/em> (Penn State) and Professor Jennifer Argo<\/em> (U Alberta) has further expanded the lens through which I view my research. \u00a0Although many people have influenced my academic journey there are two role models who have greatly shaped my thinking as a researcher.<\/p>\n

\"Mentor

Tracey Danaher and Jill Sweeney<\/p><\/div>\n

The first is Professor Jill Sweeney<\/strong><\/em>. Jill was my PhD supervisor, she is a mentor, a co-author, and a very dear friend.\u00a0 Jill taught me about the rigour of research, about being methodical and doing everything to the highest standard possible.\u00a0 She supervised my PhD thesis and mentored me through my first experiences in publishing.\u00a0 Jill encouraged me, supported me and cheered me up when things didn\u2019t work out as I had hoped. Jill always listened to my research ideas and point-of-view.\u00a0 She was tough on me and set high expectations; she understood that I needed to be challenged. Jill also passed on her unwavering enthusiasm for research \u2013 we both love to be immersed in a research project, sharing ideas and coming up with solutions. Jill is someone I admire greatly on many levels. One of the most valuable lessons Jill taught me is that being an academic is just one component of who I am as a person. Her advice about merging family life and academia made me reshape my research so that I now only work on a couple of large but ambitious projects at one time. Importantly, it allows me to \u2018contain\u2019 my academic life to the working week, leaving my evenings and weekends free for my family life. \u00a0In essence, Jill provided the foundation on which I\u2019ve built my research career.<\/p>\n

\"Mentor

Peter Danaher, Carla Ferraro, Tracy Danaher<\/p><\/div>\n

The second mentor that has shaped my career is Professor Peter Danaher<\/strong><\/em> (who also happens to be my husband). Peter has influenced my research and thinking greatly – he has made me look at research from a completely different viewpoint. Peter is a modeller and the way he approaches a research problem is very different than the way I was taught as a PhD student. He challenges me to push the boundaries of what I know and how I view research, methods, and analysis techniques.\u00a0 He encourages me to be a more critical thinker and to think outside-the-box. \u00a0Peter has also taught me about creativity in research \u2013 developing more creative research ideas, merging multiple data sources to provide \u2018richer\u2019 insights, and learning new analysis techniques to add \u2018depth\u2019 to my findings. \u00a0Finally, I have learned much about writing and publishing from Peter.\u00a0 Peter\u2019s writing style is concise but very easy-to-read \u2013 it is as if he is having a conversation with the reader. He has made me much more aware of how important it is to write clearly, create flow between paragraphs and sections, and get the \u2018pitch\u2019 of a paper right in the first page or so. \u00a0Peter taught me how to address the \u201cso what?\u201d question that is often so challenging in writing a paper. I\u2019ve also learned much about the review process from Peter including how to tackle trickly or conflicting reviews. In essence, Peter expanded my view point which has made me a stronger and more confident researcher.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, both Jill and Peter have instilled in me the belief that being an academic is a privilege \u2013 to research what interests me, to share and engage in academic discussion with others around the world, to be challenged, to think deeply and critically, and to work with fellow academics is indeed a privilege.<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0I would like to nominate Kay Lemon as next guest author of this series.<\/p>\n

\"tracey-danaher\"Tracey Danaher (previously Dagger)<\/em>
\nProfessor of Marketing<\/em>
\nFaculty of Business and Economics<\/em>
\nMonash University<\/em><\/p>\n

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