{"72122":{"#nid":"72122","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lee Came to Tech for First Job, Never Left","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Suzanne Lee enjoyed being at an institution where people and their research were well known.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI wanted to continue to be in a place where research was appreciated,\u201d said the assistant professor of finance in the College of Management. \u201cWhen I was about to start my career and interviewed at Georgia Tech, I knew that I would enjoy working with the people that I met \u2014 who would later become my colleagues.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd so, Lee came to Georgia Tech for her first job and is still content six years later. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELee\u2019s research aims to answer questions such as \u201cWhy do we sometimes have unusually volatile markets?\u201d and \u201cHow does such volatility evolve over time, or can we predict some of them?\u201d Her focus is on creating better data-gathering techniques to answer such questions. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSometimes certain information can trigger very big changes in stock values over a short time period, and my most recent research provides a technical tool to help people understand which information leads to the greatest changes,\u201d she added. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, The Whistle had a chance to learn more about Lee and her time at Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat did you want to be when you were a child? \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI wanted to be a doctor but wasn\u2019t that good at chemistry, and I didn\u2019t pass the entrance exam to the medical school I wanted to attend (in South Korea, where I grew up, students take the exam to enter medical school right after high school). My second choice was statistics, and I was good at it, which led me down the path I\u2019m on. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is one thing that most people don\u2019t know about your job?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EI deal with data that is collected at every second.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you do to make learning more engaging for students?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn my investment class, students create virtual investments. They create portfolios \u2014 often rebalance them \u2014 and follow the portfolios\u2019 performance. The students seem to enjoy the process. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat have you learned from students?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStudents make me think about whether my approach to teaching is actually helping them learn.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat piece of technology could you not live without professionally and personally? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy laptop and iPhone. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhich do you prefer: Facebook, Twitter, or a world without all of this social media stuff?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI don\u2019t use Facebook or Twitter, but I still value what social media can do. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your favorite spot on campus and why? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Starbucks in Tech Square, because it sells my favorite drink \u2014 a green tea latte. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere is your favorite place to grab lunch, and what do you order?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERay\u2019s Pizza, and I order a Greek salad.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you could have dinner with one person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlbert Einstein. I think his personality would be interesting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you were stranded on an island, what is the one book you would want with you?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA cookbook for Japanese food. I like sushi and sashimi, but I\u2019ve never had a chance to learn how to make either.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Suzanne Lee enjoyed being at an institution where people and their research were well known. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Suzanne Lee enjoyed being at an institution where people and their research were well known."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-10-31 14:38:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:34","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72121":{"id":"72121","type":"image","title":"Suzanne Lee","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894639","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:59","alt":"Suzanne Lee","file":{"fid":"193650","name":"lee.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lee.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lee.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1170517,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lee.jpg?itok=x7xzw7jA"}}},"media_ids":["72121"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2008","name":"College of Management"},{"id":"171132","name":"Suzanne Lee"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}