| Academic positions and affiliations | |||
| 2012- | Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Department of Communication Affiliate faculty, Ellison Center for Russian, East European, & Central Asian Studies |
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| 2011-2012 | Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Communication, Culture, and Technology MA Program | ||
| 2011 | Adjunct Professor (online), University of Memphis, Department of Communication | ||
| Education | |||
| 2011 | Ph.D., Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara Dissertation title: Accessible, Useful, and Conspicuous: Socioeconomic and Cultural Determinants of Information and Communication Technology Adoption in the Republic of Armenia Advisor: Ronald E. Rice, Ph.D. |
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| 2006 | M.A., International Studies & Diplomacy, School for Oriental & African Studies, University of London Thesis title: The Impact of International Financial Institutions, Organisations & States Upon Media Legislation in the Post Communist States of Armenia & Azerbaijan |
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| 2001 | B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Majors: American Culture Concentration in Politics & Society and Near Eastern Studies Concentration in Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish & Islamic Studies; Minor: Russian & Soviet Studies |
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| Peer-reviewed publications | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Rice, R. E. (in press). Digital divides from access to activities: Comparing mobile and PC Internet users. Journal of Communication, x, x-x. | |||
| Bondad-Brown, B., Rice, R. E., & Pearce, K. E. (2012). Understanding the role of motivations, audience activity, generational cohort, and contextual age in online video use and recommendations. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 56, 471-493. doi:10.1080/08838151.2012.732139 | |||
| Pearce, K. E., Giles, H., Hajek, C., Barker, V, & Choi, C. (2012). The roles of communication and trust in reported compliance with police in Armenia and the United States. Armenian Review, 53, 39-62. | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Kendzior, S. (2012). Networked authoritarianism and social media in Azerbaijan. Journal of Communication, 62, 283-298. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01633.x | |||
| Nisbet, E. C., Stoycheff, E., & Pearce, K. E., (2012). Internet use and democratic demands: A multinational, multilevel model of Internet use and citizen attitudes about democracy. Journal of Communication, 62, 249-265. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01627.x | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012). Information and communication technology diffusion in the Republic of Armenia. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies & Development, Atlanta, GA. doi:10.1145/2160673.2160713 | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2011). Convergence through mobile peer-to-peer file sharing in the Republic of Armenia. International Journal of Communication, 5, 511-528. link | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2010). Political trust in the post-coup attempt Republic of Armenia. Demokratizatsiya, 19, 58-83. link | |||
| Prestin, A. L., & Pearce, K. E. (2010). We care a lot: Formative research on adolescent knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward recycling. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 54, 1017-1026. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.02.009 | |||
| Other publications | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2013). Mobile technologies for employability in Europe and Eurasia desk study. USAID. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2013). Phoning it in: Theory in mobile media and communication in developing countries. Mobile Media & Communication, 1, 76-82. doi:10.1177/2050157912459182 | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012). Why technology penetration rates are worthless. Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty. link | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012). Deep dive: Filling in the gaps — Reading the Ramil Safarov case In Azerbaijan. Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty and EurasiaNet. link link | |||
| Kendzior, S., & Pearce, K. E. (2012). How Azerbaijan demonizes the Internet to keep citizens offline. Slate. link | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012). Information and communication technology in Azerbaijan. Spotlight on Azerbaijan. The Foreign Policy Centre. link | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2011). Poverty in the South Caucasus. Caucasus Analytical Digest, 34. link | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Kendzior, S. (2011). “This is what can happen to you”: Networked authoritarianism and the demonization of social media in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Caucasus Edition, 12. link | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2011). Armenian media landscape: Formative research for the alternative resources in media program. Report for Caucasus Research Resource Centers, USAID, Internews, Yerevan Press Club, & Eurasia Partnership Foundation. link |
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| Flanagin, A. J., Pearce, K. E., & Bondad-Brown, B. (2009). The destructive potential of electronic communication technologies in organizations. In P. E. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), The destructive side of organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 229-251). Mahwah, NJ: Routledge/LEA. | |||
| Conference papers | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Rice, R. E. (2013, June). Digital divides of Internet awareness, adoption, and use due to low economic wellbeing and foreign language skill in the Caucasus. Paper presented to the International Communication Association Conference, London, UK. (Communication & Technology Division) | |||
| Rice, R. E., & Pearce, K. E. (2013, June). Looking back to look forwards: Sociodemographic influences on mobile adoption 2004-2012 – Early adopters to laggards. Paper presented to the International Communication Association Conference Mobile Preconference, London, UK. | |||
| Pearce, K. E., Kendzior, S., & Freelon, D. (2012, November). The effect of the Internet on civic engagement under authoritarianism: The case of Azerbaijan. Paper presented to the 7th Annual Giganet Symposium, Baku, Azerbaijan. | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Rice, R. E. (2012, May). Social exclusion through Internet awareness, adoption, and use: The cases of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Paper presented to the International Communication Association Conference, Phoenix, AZ. (Global Communication and Social Change Division) | |||
| Nisbet, E. C., Stoycheff, E., & Pearce, K. E. (2012, May). Demanding democracy online: Internet use and citizen attitudes about democracy?. Paper presented to the International Communication Association Conference, Phoenix, AZ. (Political Communication Division) | |||
| Pearce, K. E., Rice, R. E., Slaker, J. S., & Ahmad, N. (2012, May). Demographics, means of access, and Internet activities: How do mobile-only Internet users differ from PC-only Internet users?. Paper presented to the International Communication Association Conference Mobile Preconference, Phoenix, AZ. | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Kendzior, S. (2012, May). Spin the tale of the donkey: Networked authoritarianism and social media in Azerbaijan (Top student paper, Washington-Baltimore Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (DC-AAPOR)). Paper presented at the 67th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Orlando, FL. | |||
| Pearce, K. E., Slaker, J. S., & Ahmad, N. (2012, April). Is your web everyone’s web? Theorizing the web through the lens of the device divide. Paper presented at the Theorizing the Web Conference, College Park, MD. | |||
| Pearce, K. E., Slaker, J. S., & Ahmad, N. (2012, March). Mobile Internet for mobile people: Armenian labor migrant families’ use of mobile Internet. Paper presented at the Third Joint International Conference of the Pan-American Mobilities Networks and the Cosmobilities Network, Raleigh, NC. [video] | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012, March). Information and communication technology diffusion in the Republic of Armenia. Poster presented at the Fifth International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies & Development, Atlanta, GA. doi:10.1145/2160673.2160713 poster link | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2011, November). Information and communication technology diffusion in the Republic of Armenia. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. (Human Communication & Technology Division) | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Starosielski, N. (2011, November). Global Internet diffusion: A comparison of social and infrastructural factors in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. (Eurasian Communication Division) | |||
| Bondad-Brown, B., Rice, R. E., & Pearce, K. E. (2011, May). A Uses and gratifications and social media approach to understanding online video use and content recommendations. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA. (Communication & Technology Division) | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2011, April). Armenian conceptualization of “The Internet”. Paper presented at the Theorizing the Web Conference, College Park, MD. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2010, November). Political institutional trust in the post-attempted coup Republic of Armenia. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, San Francisco, CA. (Eurasian Communication Division) | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2010, November). Convergence through mobile peer-to-peer file sharing in the Republic of Armenia. Paper presented at the Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, East Lansing, MI. | |||
| Pearce, K. E., & Stararosielski, N. (2010, June). Global Internet diffusion: A comparison of social & infrastructural factors in Armenia, Azerbaijan, & Georgia. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Singapore. (Philosophy of Communication Division) | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2010, June). Media convergence through mobile peer-to-peer file sharing in the Republic of Armenia. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Singapore. (Communication & Technology Division) | |||
| Pearce, K. E., Giles, H., Hajek, C., Barker, V, & Choi, C. (2010, June). The roles of communication and trust in reported compliance with police in Armenia and the United States (Top paper, Intergroup Communication). Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Singapore. | |||
| Choi, C., Giles, H., & Pearce, K. E. (2010, June). Components of police-civilian encounters in the USA, Bulgaria, and Armenia. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, Brisbane, Australia. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2010, March). Media convergence through mobile peer-to-peer file sharing in the Republic of Armenia. Paper presented at the New Media and Society in New Europe-Asia Conference, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2009, November). Explaining computer, internet and social networking use in Armenia: The influence of skills, digital divide demographics, language, innovativeness, technical access, privacy, social influence and collectivism. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL. (Russian Communication Division) | |||
| Prestin, A. L., & Pearce, K. E. (2009, November). We care a lot: Formative research on adolescent knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward recycling (Top paper, Environmental Communication). Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2009, October). Media convergence through mobile peer-to-peer file sharing in the Republic of Armenia. Paper presented at the Mobile Communication and Social Policy Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. | |||
| Bondad-Brown, B., Pearce, K. E., Rice, R. E., & D’Ambra, J. (2009, April). Motivations and sources for Internet television use. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV. | |||
| Bondad-Brown, B., Pearce, K. E., Rice, R. E., & D’Ambra, J. (2008, November). Sources for traditional and Internet television by US and Australian students (Top competitive paper, Mass Communication). Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, San Diego, CA. | |||
| Flanagin, A. J., Pearce, K. E., & Bondad-Brown, B. (2008, June). Destructive computer-mediated communication. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada. (Communication & Technology Division) | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2007, April). The impact of international financial institutions, organizations and states upon media legislation in the post Communist states of Armenia. Paper presented at the Comparing Media Systems: West Meets East Conference, Department of Communication & Journalism at University of Wrocław, Poland. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2007, February). The impact of international financial institutions, organizations and states upon media legislation in the post Communist states of Armenia & Azerbaijan. Paper presented at the UCLA Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies. | |||
| Invited talks | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2013, May). Networked Authoritarianism in Azerbaijan: How the Azerbaijani government uses the Internet to deter dissent. Herbert J. Ellison Memorial Lecture Series, University of Washington, Seattle. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2013, March). The coming invasion: How Azerbaijani politics play out in social media. Harvard University Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus. | |||
| Rice, R. E., & Pearce, K. E. (2013, January). Digital divides of Internet awareness, adoption, and use due to low economic wellbeing and foreign language skill in the Caucasus. Paper presented at the Center for Information Technology & Society, UC Santa Barbara. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2013, January). Not free to be you and me: Equivocation and Internet freedom in Azerbaijan. Stanford University Program on Liberation Technology Seminar Series. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012, October). The Georgian elections: Power, people and the polls. University of Washington, Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies brownbag. | |||
| Kendzior, S., & Pearce, K. E. (2012, October). Not talking about a revolution: The Internet in Post-Soviet authoritarian states. The Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at Columbia University, New York City. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012, October). Challenges of surveying in Central Asia. Social Trends and Stability in Central Asia Conference, Washington, DC. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012, October). The Georgian elections: Power, people and the polls. University of Washington, Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies brownbag. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012, May). The political use of information and communication technologies in developing countries. Fulbright Emerging Leaders Series, Washington, DC. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2012, March). How the Internet amplifies inequalities in authoritarian societies: The case of Azerbaijan. Authoritarianism, Internet, and Politics Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2010, November). A mixed-methods study of technology adoption in the Republic of Armenia: Why mobile phones but not personal computers and Internet. Paper presented at the Armenian Studies Program, University of Michigan. [video] | |||
| Bondad-Brown, B., Pearce, K. E. & Rice, R. E. (2009, February). I want my iTV. Paper presented at the Center for Information Technology and Society, UC Santa Barbara. [video] | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2006, November). Web 2.0 in the Caucasus. Paper presented at the Center for Information Technology and Society, UC Santa Barbara. [video] | |||
| Pearce, K. E. (2006, August). Web 2.0 in the Caucasus. Paper presented at the U.S. State Department Technology and Leadership in Eurasia Conference, Washington, DC. | |||
| Grants and awards | |||
| 2012 | Participant, SSRC Advanced Quantitative Methods for Eurasian Scholars workshop at the University of Wisconsin, Madison | ||
| 2012 | Top student paper, the 67th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, sponsored by the Washington-Baltimore Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (DC-AAPOR) | ||
| 2011 | Summer Social Webshop interdisciplinary workshop on Technology-Mediated Social Participation at University of Maryland, College Park [link] | ||
| 2007 | Fulbright Student Grantee, Armenia | ||
| 2007; 2004 | Kaplan Teacher of the Year | ||
| 2006 | We Media Global Forum Fellowship [link] | ||
| 2006 | Indiana University Summer Azerbaijani Language Course FLAS Fellowship | ||
| 2002 | Education World Website of the Day Award | ||
| 2001 | UMich AAPTIS George & Celeste Hourani Award | ||
| 2001 | Detroit Armenian Women’s Club Scholarship Award | ||
| 1998 | United Nations Development Project Armenia website award | ||
| 1998 | Armenian Summer Language Institute Scholarship | ||
| Professional service | |||
| 2013-present | International Communication Association nominating committee | ||
| 2012-present | International Communication Association Mobile Communication preconference organizing committee | ||
| June 2012 | Faculty Instructor, SSRC Quantitative Methods for Eurasian Scholars workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | ||
| 2012-present | Editorial Board, Journal of Mobile Media & Communication | ||
| 2012-present | Reviewer, Journal of Communication; New Media & Society; Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, American Behavioral Scientist; Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; Information, Communication, & Society; Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research | ||
| 2011-present | Reviewer, Demokratizatsiya; New Media & Society | ||
| 2010 | Representative, Graduate Student Advisory Committee to the Chair | ||
| 2009-2010 | Student Representative, Human Communication & Technology Division of NCA | ||
| 2009-present | Conference reviewer, Human Communication & Technology Division of NCA; Communication & Technology Division of ICA; Mass Communication Division of ICA; Information Systems Division of ICA; Global Communication & Social Change Division of ICA; Association for Internet Researchers | ||
| 2009-present | Reviewer, Armenian Review Journal | ||
| 2006-2010 | UCSB Financial Aid Advisory Committee Member | ||
| Teaching experience | |||
| 2011-2014 | Assistant Professor, University of Washington; Department of Communication
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| 2011-2012 | Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Communication, Culture and Technology Master of Arts Program
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| 2011 | Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis; Department of Communication
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| 2010 | Teaching Associate, University of California, Santa Barbara; Department of Communication
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| 2006-2009 | Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara; Department of Communication
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| 2002-2009 | Instructor, Kaplan Test Prep
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| Relevant work experience | |||
| 2012 | Independent Consultant USAIDMobiles for Employability in Europe and Eurasia desk study. | ||
| 2011 | Foreign Affairs Research Analyst, Department of StateDesigned public opinion surveys for Eurasia, analyzed data and reported results to foreign policy community. | ||
| 2010 | Instructional Technology Design Consultant, University of California, Santa BarbaraCollaborate Technology Enhancement Initiative | ||
| 2008-2010 | Research Associate, University of California, Santa BarbaraCenter for Information Technology & Society | ||
| 2007 | Research Associate, University of California, Santa BarbaraBlue Horizons Summer Program Pre & Post-program Evaluation
Media Industries & Related Research in the U.S. Project |
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| 2006 | Intern, Global Forum for Media Development | ||
| 2003-2005 | Information Technology User Support Analyst, Burton Snowboards | ||
| 2003-2005 | Cluster Director, PAXCoordinated placement and supervision of exchange students from the Former USSR | ||
| 2001-2003 | Program Coordinator, Project HarmonyPlanning and management of online collaborative projects between schools in Armenia, Azerbaijan & the US
Planning and management of educator exchange programs in Armenia & the US |
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| 1997-2001 | Academic Peer Consultant and Student Training Supervisor, Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan | ||
| 1999 | Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia | ||
| Professional memberships | |||
| 2011-present | Center for Intercultural New Media Research Research Associate | ||
| 2007-present | Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development US Advisory Team Member | ||
| 2006-present | Association of Internet Researchers Member | ||
| 2006-present | International Communication Association Member | ||
| 2006-present | National Communication Association Member | ||
| 2006-present | Central Eurasian Studies Society Member | ||
| Languages | |||
| Eastern Armenian, Advanced; Western Armenian, Advanced; Azerbaijani, Intermediate; Spanish, Intermediate; Farsi, Beginner; Russian, Beginner; Arabic, Beginner; Turkish, Beginner | |||