Staff Profile:Dr Kim Shahabudin
- Name:
- Dr Kim Shahabudin
- Job Title:
- Study Adviser
- Responsibilities:
- one-to-one advice sessions with individual students on developing more effective study practices
- teaches general and department-based workshops on various topics
- develops paper and online resources to support student practices
- maintains the Study Advice website and Twitter account
- liaises with departments in Arts and Humanities
- Areas of Interest:
Kim is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and gained her PhD from Reading in 2006, writing her thesis on Ancient Greece in Popular Cinema. She is a sessional lecturer in the Department of Classics on classical reception in popular culture, and will be teaching a Part 2 course on The Ancient World on Film (CL2AF) in 2012-13.
Kim studied as a mature student for her first degree, and began her teaching career working with adults in further education. As a result, she has a particular interest in supporting mature students at university and has developed events to support new mature students at Reading.
In 2010, Kim was delighted to receive a second Student Nominated Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching & Learning Support, previously received in 2007.
- Research groups / Centres:
Kim is a member of the LearnHigher Working Group for the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE). She was Research Officer at Reading for the LearnHigher CETL (2006-2010), investigating student practices and developing evidence-based resources to support students in the areas of time management and report writing. She has also been a Steering Group member for ALDinHE.
- Publications:
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In Learning Development:
(With Andy Hagyard, John Hilsdon, Michelle Reid & Amanda Pocklington) Developing Digital Literacies: baselining report for the Association of Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), (2012) online at http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/file/50489516/ALDinHE_DDL_baseline_report_jan_2012.pdf
'Friend or foe?: The impact of new technologies on student time management at university', in P. Hartley, J. Hilsdon, C. Keenan, S. Sinfield & M. Verity (eds.), Learning Development in Higher Education, Palgrave Macmillan (2010).
(With Judy Turner) 'Enabling success for dyslexic students in Classics', CUCD Bulletin 38 (2009).
'Reaping the fruits of collaboration: learning development research in the LearnHigher CETL network', Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education 1.1 (2009), online at http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/ojs/index.php?journal=jldhe&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=35.
Investigating effective resources to enhance student learning: An overview of LearnHigher research, 2005-2008, (2009), (online version currently unavailable, contact author for copy).
In Classics:
(With Alastair Blanshard), Classics on Screen: Ancient Greece and Rome on Film, Bristol Classical Press (2011).
'The appearance of history: Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great (1956)' in P. Cartledge and F. Greenland (eds.) , Responses to Alexander: Film, History and Culture Studies after Oliver Stone's Alexander, University of Wisconsin Press (2010).
(Edited with Dunstan Lowe), Classics for All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2009).
'From Greek myth to Hollywood story: explanatory narrative in Troy (2004)' in Martin Winkler (ed) (2007) Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic, Blackwell.
'Roma Victor! The rebirth of the Roman epic film', Omnibus (Sept 2000).
(With Alastair Blanshard) 'Hercules the Movie Star!', Omnibus (Jan 2003).
'A Man of Large Appetites: the Cyclops in Popular Culture', Omnibus (Jan 2005).
Reviews include:
M. M. Winkler, The Roman Salute, The Classical Review 61.1 (2011).
G. Nisbet, Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture, The Classical Review 58.2 (2008).
M. M. Winkler (ed.), Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema: M. M. Winkler (ed.), Gladiator: Film and History, Journal of Roman Studies 95 (2005).
M. M. Winkler (ed.), Gladiator: Film and History, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.07.40.
