Catherine Lee Brockway, PhD
Address: Leander/Georgetown, Texas
E-mail: catherine.lee.brockway@gmail.com
Education
PhD, Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
M.A., English, Texas Tech University.
Master’s Certificate, Linguistics, Texas Tech University.
B.A., Geography, Texas Tech University.
Work experience
UN CIFAL Honolulu, Chaminade University of Honolulu
September 2022-Present
Lead and learning coach for Data Skills programs for social sector partners; researching language equity in data science and sustainability; systems change lead for NSF ALL-SPICE programs.
Kamehameha Schools, Strategy Consultant 1
April 2022-September 2022
I used my systems thinking and coaching skills to support future readiness for the entire enterprise, which is both a Native Hawaiian land trust and a pre-K-12 educational system.
-Curating information and data for executive-level discussions and speaking events.
-Design thinking, scenario-building, and strategic planning facilitation.
-Redesigning an org-wide futures newsletter.
Kamehameha Schools, Senior Research Associate
November 2018-September 2022
Strategy Intelligence & Learning
July 2020-March 2022
-Coached 10 participants through a 9-week data science professional development training.
-Managed a system used to create and refine over 700 data visualizations in R for publication in Ka Huakaʻi 2021.
COVID-19 Response: Rapid Analytics & Visualization
March 2020-June 2020
-Collaboratively developed dashboards, data reports, and research summaries for executive-level decision-making.
Hoʻolaukoa Educational Research & Development
Nov 2018-June 2020
-Provided high quality data collection, cleaning, analysis, and storytelling for three K-12 campuses and 29 preschools across the state.
-Managed and produced a variety surveys for students, staff, and guardians of the school community.
-Shared findings through reports and presentations to campus-level executive staff.
Bilinski Research Fellowship
August 2017- May 2018
Dissertation: Building High-frequency Word Lists for the Semantic Domain of ʻĀINA (‘land’) Using a Raw Corpus of Spoken ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (PDF)
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Department of Linguistics
Instructor for LING 150C: Language in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
Instructor for LING 102: Introduction to Language
Spring - Summer 2016
Copy-Editor for Language Documentation and Conservation
August 2013-December 2015
Private Tutor
English/Writing: Specializing in non-native English speakers
September 2010 - 2018
Lubbock ISD
Substitute Teacher
K-12 public schools
October 2012- May 2013
Texas Tech University, Department of Geography
Graduate Part-Time Instructor
GEOG 2351 Regional Geography of the World
GEOG 1401 Introduction to Physical Geography Summer I 2012
GEOG 1300 Fundamentals of Geography Spring 2011- Spring 2012
GEOG 3350 Geography of Central Europe Summer I 2010, 2011
GEOG 1101 Physical Geography Laboratory Coordinator Fall 2009 - Spring 2011
GEOG 1101 Physical Geography Laboratory Fall 2009 - Fall 2010
Graduate Research Assistant
Edited the lab manual for Physical Geography laboratory. Summer 2009
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
GEOG 1101 Physical Geography Laboratory Spring 2008 and Spring 2009
GEOG 3356 Contemporary Texas and the American Southwest Fall 2007
Presentations/Publications
Leadership and Service
Publications
"ALOHA 'ĀINA: The Linguistic Landscape of Resistance on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i"
Catherine Lee, 2017. Working Papers in Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi, Vol. 48.
http://ling.hawaii.edu/research-current/publications/workingpapers/
“Deserts of North America”
Catherine Lee, Renaldo Arroyo, Jeffrey Lee & Mark Dimmitt. Contributing author Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Encyclopedia of Earth Online. December 2009
Conference Presentations
"ALOHA 'ĀINA: A Geosemiotic Analysis of the Mauna Kea Protectors' Movement"
Catherine Lee
Presentation made at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
March 2016.
"Geographically Inappropriate Place Names in Lubbock, Texas"
Jeffrey Lee, Catherine Lee & Linda Jones
Presentation made at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
March 2016.
"Ethnic identity and the pronunciation of Hawaiian Place Names on O‘ahu"
Catherine Lee, Katie Drager, Clint Awai, M. Joelle Kirtley & Jonny Kim.
Presentation made at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
April 2015.
“The Affective Geographies of Streets of Laredo: Larry McMurtry's Vision for the Future of Texas”
Catherine Lee.
Western Literature Association Annual Meeting, Lubbock, TX.
November 2012.
“Belonging in Transylvania: The YouTube Debates”
Catherine Lee.
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, NY. February 2012.
"Mapping Morphological Reduplication: A Spatial Analysis of a Linguistic Feature”
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
April 2011.
"Geomorphological and Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics of Aeolian Dust Sources in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico, USA"
Jeff Lee & Catherine Lee.
Seventh International Conference on Aeolian Research, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
July 2010.
"Modification of Playa Lake Wetlands in West Texas"
Jeff Lee & Catherine Lee.
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
April 2007
Languages
English – native language
Hawaiian – speak, read and write with intermediate proficiency
Hungarian – speak fluently and read/write with high proficiency
French – speak, read, and write with basic competence
German – speak, read, and write with basic competence
Skills
Systems Thinking
Design Thinking
Communications
Data Storytelling
Coaching
R Statistical Software
2010 - present
2010 - present
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation 4.
Student steering committee.
February 26th-March 1st 2015.
Linguistics Society of Hawai'i (LSH)
Social Media Director August 2013-May 2016
Language Documentation Training Center (LDTC)
Grant Writer Spring 2014
Workshop Leader Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015
Board Member Fall 2017 - Present
Endangered Languages Catalog (ELCat)
Volunteer Fall 2013
Texas Tech University
International Language Exchange Organization
Treasurer August 2004 – December 2004
Grassroots Student Organization
Treasurer August 2004 – December 2006