SOAR Peer Advisers
As higher degree by research candidates themselves, our SOAR Peer Advisers are your peers. They come from different schools and offer a diverse range of skills.
Most Peer Advisers have already progressed through a number of stages of the research journey, including their research proposal, presentation and Confirmation of Candidature. They are well-placed to pass on the knowledge and skills they’ve developed through their own experiences.
Review the list below to find out which Peer Adviser may be able to provide you with the support you are looking for. For general support, you can select a Peer Adviser based on the day and campus that suits you.
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You can find out more about each Peer Adviser by selecting their name from the list below. Once you have selected your preferred Peer Adviser, you can Book an appointment.
Ali Blackwell
Ali is available on Mt Lawley campus or via teleconference Fridays from 10am until 2pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Proposal Presentations, Seminars and Conferences
- Visual content creation (graphics, diagrams and conceptual frameworks)
- Media and Design software
Training Areas
Ali provides support from her own experience with:
- Graphic Design
- Creative use of technologies
- Arts and Technologies Education
- Creative Research approaches
- Arts and Education based Research (ABER)
- Practice-based and Practice-led research (PLR)
- Adobe Education Leader (AEL)
Lidia Biniam Medhin
Availability
Lidia is available at Joondalup campus or via teleconference Fridays from 10am until 2pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Data analysis (SPSS)
- Academic writing (literature reviews, publication)
- Presentation (Proposal, Conference, 3-min Presentations)
Training areas
Lidia provides support from her own experience with:
- Referencing (EndNote, Zotero)
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Confirmation of Candidature process (GRIP, REMS, Riskware, Turnitin)
- CV, resume, and job applications
Sharmeen Rakhi
Sharmeen is available at Joondalup campus or via teleconference Wednesdays from 10am - 2pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Software- STATA and SPSS
- Presentations (Proposal seminar, conference)
- Literature reviews
Training areas
Sharmeen provides support from her own experience with:
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Confirmation of Candidature process (GRIP, REMS, Riskware, Turnitin)
- CV, resume, and job applications
- Thesis formatting
- Publication, conference
- Project Management
- Referencing- Endnote
- Research/Uni life balance
- General IT troubleshooting
Seyed Ashkan Hosseini Shekarabi
Availability
Ashkan is available at Joondalup campus or via teleconference Thursday from 10 am until 2 pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Optimisation
- Operations research
- Writing for publication (research and review papers)
Training areas
Ashkan provides support from his own experience with:
- Referencing (Gephi, EndNote, Bibexcel, and Mendeley)
- Research proposals
- Machine learning for data analysis
- Stochastic
- Robust optimisation
Pooria Behnam
Availability
Pooria is available at Joondalup campus or via teleconference each Monday from 10am until 2pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Data analysis (Python, MATLAB, and Design expert)
- Referencing (EndNote)
- Presentations
Training areas
Pooria provides support from his own experience with:
- Writing for publication (research and review papers)
- Data analysis (Python, MATLAB, and Design expert)
- Referencing (EndNote)
Nurul Ratna Sari
Availability
Sari is available on Mt Lawley campus and via videoconference Fridays from 10am until 2pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Qualitative research methods
- Qualitative data analysis
- Presentations (Proposal seminar, Conference)
Training areas
Sari provides support from her own experience with:
- Qualitative research method (qualitative approach, qualitative research instruments, focus groups, in-depth interviews, observations, data triangulation)
- Qualitative data analysis (data categorization, grounded theory, thematic analysis)
- Mixed research methods (QUAL/quan)
- Qualtrics
- Ethics application
- Research/Uni life balance
- Project management
- CV, resume, and job applications
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Nicholas Williams
Availability
Nicholas is available at Mount Lawley campus or via teleconference each Wednesday from 10am until 2pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Historical and archival research
- Media and design software
- Presentations (Conference papers, non-academic communication)
Training areas
Nicholas provides support from his own experience with:
- Academic writing (proposal and thesis writing, literature reviews)
- Communicating your research to non-academic audiences
- Historical research tools and methods (Zotero, archival research)
- Referencing (Chicago, Zotero, EndNote)
- Presentation (Public speaking)
Ensi Keshtkaran
Availability
Ensi is available at Joondalup campus or via teleconference Tuesdays from 10am until 2pm.
Top 3 Skills
- Conference Presentations (Presenting)
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- CV, resume, job applications
Training areas
Ensi provides support from her own experience with:
- Confirmation of Candidature process (GRIP, Epigeum, REMS, Riskware, Turnitin)
- Academic writing (research proposal writing, literature reviews)
- Presentation (PowerPoint, proposal seminar)
Colin Doherty
Availability
Colin is available via teleconference each Tuesdays from 3pm until 7pm
Training areas
Colin provides support from his own experience with:
- Survey design (Qualtrics)
- Referencing (Mendeley)
- Visual content creation (videos, graphics, presentations, posters, etc.)
Colin also offers support in the following areas:
- Presentations
- Proposal writing
- Participant recruitment
- General IT troubleshooting
- MS office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Panopto recording, editing and uploading
- Time management (google calendar, tasks and notes)
- Confirmation of candidature (Riskware, RIPL, REMS, GRIP, MyPlan, Turnitin)
Tiffany Carpenter
Availability
Tiffany is available via teleconference Mondays.
Training areas
Tiffany's top skills are:
- Qualitative research design
- Mixed methods
- Survey design (Qualtrics; SurveyMonkey)
Tiffany also offers support in the following areas: Referencing (Endnote and Mendeley); literature reviews; proposal and thesis formatting in MS word; GRIP; presentations skills.