EMPLOYMENT
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
2008- Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies
2003-2008. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
2008-09. Fellow
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences, Stanford, California, USA
2006-07. Fellow
Other Affiliations
2003-2007. Visiting Research Collaborator. Center for Arts
and
Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton University.
2003. Post-Doctoral Fellow. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy
Studies. Princeton University
EDUCATION
Princeton University
Ph.D., Sociology. 2003.
Dissertation: How Wide a Web? Inequalities in Accessing
Information Online
Winner of the National Communication Association's G.R.Miller
Dissertation Award, 2004
Princeton University
M.A., Sociology. 2000.
General examinations in Communications, Economic Sociology, Social
Networks
Smith College
B.A., Sociology. 1996.
High departmental honors, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Honors Thesis: The Internet and International Stratification.
Additional course work at New York University, Université de
Genève
(Switzerland) and Cornell University
ELTE Trefort Ágoston Gyakorló Iskola, Budapest,
Hungary
High school diploma 1992 (elective concentration: geography)
Matriculation exams in Literature & Grammar, Math, History, English
and German
PUBLICATIONS
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND
AWARDS
BEST PAPER AWARD, American Sociological Association's Communication and
Information Technology section, 2009
TOP 2 FACULTY PAPER, (ranked 2nd out of 228 submissions in blind
peer-review process) Communication and Technology Division, International
Communication Association Meetings, Chicago, IL 2009
FELLOW, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University,
2008-2009
VISITING FELLOW, Institute for International Integration Studies,
Trinity College Dublin, June, 2007
FELLOW, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford, 2006/07
WORLD SCIENCE FORUM DELEGATE, National Science Foundation,
Budapest, 2005 (member of U.S. delegation of twelve scientists)
G.R. MILLER OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD, National Communication
Association, 2004
SSRC SUMMER FELLOW, Digital Cultural Institutions Project, Culture,
Creativity and Information Technology, Social Science Research Council, 2004
WILSON FELLOW, Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Princeton
University, 2000-02
DAN DAVID PRIZE SCHOLARSHIP FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION,
TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY, Dan David Foundation and Tel Aviv University,
2002
SSRC SUMMER FELLOW, Program on Information Technology, International
Cooperation and Global Security, Social Science Research Council, 2002
PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT WRITING FELLOWSHIP, Pew Internet
Project, 2002
CANDACE ROGERS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER, Eastern
Sociological Society, 2001
BEST GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER PRIZE, American Sociological Association
Section on Sociology and Computers, 2001
GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION SECOND PLACE. Telecommunications
Policy
Research Conference, The 28th Research Conference on Communication,
Information and Internet Policy, 2000
UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP, Princeton University, 1997-2000
SMITH ALUMNAE SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY, The Jean Fine Spahr
Fellowship Fund of Smith College, 1996.
SAMUEL BOWLES PRIZE FOR BEST SENIOR PAPER IN SOCIOLOGY, Smith College,
1996
JULIET EVANS NELSON AWARD FOR GENERAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SMITH
COMMUNITY
AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO CAMPUS LIFE (nominated by peers), Smith
College, 1996
RESEARCH AND
TRAVEL
GRANTS
EXTERNAL
NOKIA RESEARCH GIFT, 2008-09, $50,000
THE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION GRANT, 2007-08,
$300,000
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT, 2007-08, $25,368
THE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION GRANT, 2006-08,
$309,000
WISCONSIN LONGITUDINAL STUDY PILOT GRANT PROGRAM, Center for
Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006,
$10,000
MARKLE FOUNDATION GRANT. "How Wide a Web? 'Second Level Digital
Divide'
in Internet Use" 2000-02, $40,000
INTERNAL
at Northwestern
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION INNOVATIONS FUND, Northwestern University,
2009,
$5,000
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE FELLOW ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AWARD, Northwestern
University, 2009-10, $1,500
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION INNOVATIONS FUND AWARD, Northwestern
University, 2008-09, $5,000
FELLOW ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AWARD, Northwestern University, 2008-09,
$2,250
ROBERT AND KAYE HIATT FUND GRANT, Northwestern University, 2007-09,
$59,694
FELLOW ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AWARD, Northwestern University, 2007-08,
$2,250
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION INNOVATIONS FUND AWARD, Northwestern
University, 2006-07, $5,000
FELLOW ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AWARD, Northwestern University, 2006-07,
$2,250
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GRANT, Northwestern University, 2006-2007, $5,000
FELLOW ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AWARD, Northwestern University, 2005-2006,
$2,250
NORTHWESTERN INSTITUTE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS PROJECT SEED GRANT,
Northwestern University, 2004, $3,000
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION INNOVATIONS FUND AWARD, Northwestern
University, 2004-2005, $5,000
FELLOW ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AWARD, Northwestern University, 2004-2005,
$2,250
at Princeton
SUMMER FELLOWSHIP GRANT. The Graduate School, Princeton University.
2000, $4,500
CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES PROJECT GRANT. "How People
Locate Content on the Web" (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, Princeton University). 2000-01, $3,700
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY WOODROW WILSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM RESEARCH GRANT.
2000, $4,000
SPENCER FOUNDATION MENTOR GRANT (PI: Professor Jennifer Hochschild,
Politics, Princeton University) 1999, $300
SUMMER FELLOWSHIP GRANT. The Graduate School, Princeton University.
1999, $1,000
CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES PROJECT GRANT.
"Organization
of Access to the Content of the World Wide Web". (Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs, Princeton University) 1998-99, $2,700
COUNCIL ON REGIONAL STUDIES PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANT,.Princeton
University. 1998,$1,200
TRAVEL GRANTS: Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel, The Graduate School,
Princeton University, 2000; Computer, Freedom, and Privacy 2000 Conference
in Toronto, USENIX Association, 2000; First Comparativist Graduate
Student Training Retreat at UCLA, 1999; Association of Princeton Graduate
Alumni, 1998; The Internet Society, 1998; The Graduate School, New York
University, 1997, Smith College Senior Thesis Grant, 1995
INVITED TALKS (see list of Conference
Presentations)
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT STUDYING DIGITAL INEQUALITY?
Connections: Media
Studies and the New Interdisciplinarity, University of Virginia, 2009
DIGITAL PROMISE OR DIGITAL PERIL? DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS'
INTERNET USE
Princeton University., 2008
REFINED APPROACHES TO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
harris School of Public Policy,
Univ. Chicago, 2008
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CONTEXT AND SKILL IN INTERNET USE
University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2008
Digital Inequality, University of Athens, Greece, 2008
NEW MEDIA, SAME OLD STORY? YOUNG PEOPLE'S NEWS CONSUMPTION IN A
DIGITAL AGE
Internet and Democracy Workshop, Berkman Center for Internet &
Society, Harvard University, 2008
ACADEMIC BLOGGING
Public Spheres, Blogospheres, Humanities Center and HumaniTech, Univ.
California, Irvine, 2008
TRUST ONLINE
Project Zero Seminar, Harvard Graduate School
of Education,
2008
UIC STUDENTS' USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA
First-Year Writing Program, Univ.
Illinois, Chicago, 2008
DIGITAL NA(T)IVES? THE ROLE OF SKILL IN INTERNET USE
TTI/Vanguard, Rome, Italy, 2008
USERS - A REALITY CHECK
Supernova 2008, San Francisco, CA, 2008
DIGITAL NA(T)IVES? THE ROLE OF SKILL IN INTERNET USE
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2008
NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION USERS
Information Management Leadership Council, Chicago, IL, 2008
THE DIGITAL REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2008
THE ROLE OF SKILL IN INTERNET USE
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 2007
THE DIGITAL REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY
University of Trier, Germany, 2007
DIGITAL NA(T)IVES? SKILL AND INTERNET USE
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School,
Cambridge, MA, 2007
THE DIGITAL REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY
Communication Studies Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI, 2007
SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY YOUTH
Wiki Wednesday, Palo Alto, CA, 2007
THE DIGITAL REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY
Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland, 2007
WHOSE ACCESS TO WHAT KNOWLEDGE?
Information Society Project, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, 2007
THE WORLD IS BUMPY: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA, 2007
THE SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE: THE ROLE OF SKILL IN PEOPLE'S INTERNET
USES
Informal Learning Seminar, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, 2007
BEYOND GIGS OF LOG DATA: THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF INTERNET USE
Google Tech Talks, Mountain View, CA, 2007
A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF INFORMATION SEEKING
Google PMetrics Group Seminar, Mountain View, CA, 2007
A FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S DIGITAL MEDIA USES
INDIRE Expert Meeting on New Millennium Learners, Florence, Italy,
2007
THE ROLE OF SKILL IN INTERNET USE
Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, 2006
CONVOCATION SPEAKER, ENTERING THE BLOGOSPHERE: WEBLOGS AND UNIVERSITY
LIFE
Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, 2006
UNDERSTANDING THE WIRED GENERATION: THE INTERNET IN UIC STUDENTS
EVERYDAY LIVES
University Library Lectures and Forums, University of Illinois,
Chicago, IL, 2006
THE WIRED GENERATION: UIC STUDENTS' USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
First-Year Writing Program Workshop, University of Illinois, Chicago,
IL, 2006
UNDERSTANDING THE WIRED GENERATION: COLLEGE STUDENTS' VISITS TO NEWS
AND OTHER WEB SITES
The Information Society in Comparative Perspective: The Americas and
Europe, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006
STUDYING PEOPLE'S INTERNET USES AND SKILLS
The Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, 2006
INVITED PANELIST, NAVIGATING NODES OF INFLUENCE
Hyperlinked Society Conference, Annenberg Public Policy Center,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
JUST A PRETTY FACE(BOOK)? WHAT COLLEGE STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO ONLINE
Beyond Broadcast Conference, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 2006
THE ROLE OF SKILL IN INTERNET USE
IT & Policy Speaker Series, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2006
DIGITAL LITERACY: A REALITY CHECK, THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL LITERACY IN
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS
DePaul University Center, Chicago, IL, 2006
MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY FACE(BOOK): WHAT COLLEGE STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO
ONLINE AND HOW IT RELATES TO SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Brown Bag Lunch Series, Annenberg School for Communication, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
THE ROLE OF SKILL IN PEOPLE'S WEB USE
Information Science Colloquium Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
2006
THE WEB USE PROJECT
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2006
INVITED PANELIST, SELF-GOVERNANCE IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES
Santa Barbara Forum on Digital Transitions, Santa Barbara, CA, 2006
WHOSE WIDE WEB? THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CONNECTING WITH
CONSTITUENTS ONLINE
Networked Labor Conference, Labor & Worklife Program, Harvard Law
School, Cambridge, MA, 2006
CHARACTERISTICS OF USE DIFFERENCES AND THEIR
IMPLICATIONS FOR DEALING WITH DIGITAL INEQUALITY
Cyberworld unlimited?
Digital Inequality and New Spaces of Informal Education for Young People,
University of Bielefeld, Germany, 2006
THE ROLE OF SKILL IN HOW AUDIENCES FIND NEWS AND INFORMATION
Meeting on Participatory Media, The MacArthur Foundation, Chicago,
2005
BLOGGING AND POLITICAL POLARIZATION
Workshop on The Power and Political Science of Blogs, Chicago, 2005
DIGITALLY TOGETHER YET WORLDS APART
Conference on Cyber-Disciplinarity, Center for the Humanities, Dartmouth
College, Hanover, NH, 2005
REFINED MEASURES OF DIGITAL INEQUALITY
Quello Center Telecommunication Management & Law, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI, 2005
TO GOOGLE OR NOT TO GOOGLE: THE ROLE OF SKILL IN PEOPLE'S WEB USE
Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
2005
ONLINE INEQUALITIES: EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ONLINE SKILLS
Workshop on the Sociology and Cultures of Globalization, University of
Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004
MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
Computer Science Department, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2004
CONTENT DIVERSITY ONLINE: A PLURALITY OF VOICES OR CONCENTRATED
ATTENTION?
Social Science Research Council Digital Cultural Institutions Project,
Santa Clara, CA, 2004
TRAITS OF THE EXPERT SEARCHER: EVIDENCE FROM USER STUDIES
Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA, 2004
TO GOOGLE OR NOT TO GOOGLE: THE ROLE OF SKILL IN PEOPLE'S WEB USE
Center for Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2004
IF GOOGLE IS GOD, WHAT ARE REFERENCE LIBRARIANS?
Invited Panelist with Ed Valauskas, Illinois Library Association
annual
conference Reference Services Forum Luncheon, Chicago, IL, 2004
HOW PEOPLE FIND INFORMATION ONLINE: EVIDENCE FROM USER STUDIES
Seminar Speaker, France Télécom, Paris, 2004
HOW DO PEOPLE SEARCH FOR JOBS ONLINE? EVIDENCE FROM USER STUDIES
Invited Speaker, Conference on Online Recruitment, London School of
Economics, London,
2004
INTERNET "GATEKEEPERS" IN ONLINE CONTENT CONSUMPTION
Invited Speaker, Media Concentration and the Internet, Columbia
Institute for
Tele-Information, Columbia Business School, New York City, 2004
FREE SPEECH AND THE INTERNET
Invited Speaker. Weinstein-Schneiderman Social Action Weekend. K.A.M.
Isaiah Israel Congregation. Chicago, IL, 2004
DIGITALLY TOGETHER YET WORLDS APART
Keynote Speaker, Center for Internet Studies Inaugural Conference, Tel
Aviv University, 2003
WEB OF OPPORTUNITY OR WEB OF CONFUSION? DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ONLINE
SKILLS
Invited Speaker. St. Francis University, Loretto, PA, 2003
SEARCH AND YOU SHALL FIND? HOW PEOPLE LOCATE CONTENT ONLINE
Invited Speaker. Webshop, University of Maryland, 2003
NAVIGATION STUDIES
Invited Speaker. Webshop, University of Maryland, 2002
INTERNET INEQUALITIES: THE SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN PEOPLE'S
ABILITY
TO USE THE WEB
Workshop on Infrastructure: Technological, Human, and Intersection
Between
the Two, Northwestern University, 2002
'GUESS YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE: HOW USERS SUCCEED AND FAIL IN
FINDING CONTENT ONLINE
Guest Lecturer, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of
Maryland,
College Park, 2001
THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL DIVIDE
Invited Speaker, Webshop, University of Maryland, 2001
USERS' WEB NAVIGATION SKILLS
Invited Speaker, Webshop, University of Maryland, 2001
HOW WIDE A WEB? DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO LOCATE CONTENT
ONLINE
Guest Speaker, Human-Computer Interaction Research Group, AT&T
Research,
Florham Park, 2001
WHEN OLD MEDIA WERE NEW - HISTORICAL LESSONS FOR THE STUDY OF THE
INTERNET
Cultural Dynamics Conference, Princeton University, 2001
SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN INTERNET USE
Guest Speaker, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC,
2000
UNTANGLING THE TANGLED NET: SYMMETRY AND THE INTERNET
Wenner-Gren Symposium on Symmetry 2000, Stockholm, 2000
CITIES AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Workshop on Cities in the Information Age, Urban Research Initiative,
Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service New York University, 1999
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (see list of
Invited
Talks)
YOUNG ADULTS' NEWS CONSUMPTION IN A DIGITAL AGE
Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, 2009
TRUST ONLINE
Telecommunications Policy Research
Conference, Arlington,
VA, 2008
A TYPOLOGY OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE USERS: FROM SAMPLERS TO
CONNOISSEURS
American Sociological Association, Boston, MA, 2008
ELEVEN DIMENSIONS OF DIGITAL MEDIA USES: A CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL
INVESTIGATION
National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, 2007
EXPRESSIONS OF CREATIVITY IN A DIGITAL AGE
(with Gina Walejko), Association of Internet Researchers, Vancouver,
Canada, 2007
PATHWAYS TO MUSIC EXPLORATION IN A DIGITAL AGE
(with Steven Tepper), American Sociological Association, New York
City, NY, 2007
WIKIS AND WIDGETS: DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS' INTERNET USES
International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, 2007
YOUNG ADULTS' NEWS CONSUMPTION ONLINE
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2007
CREATING POPULAR CULTURE: THE DIFFERENCE GENDER MAKES
(with Gina Walejko), Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 2007
DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS' INTERNET USES
American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, 2006
CROSS-IDEOLOGICAL DISCUSSIONS AMONG TOP CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL
BLOGGERS
American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, 2006
WHY USE THE INTERNET? EXPLAINING REASONS FOR NON-ADOPTION
AND ADOPTION AMONG OLDER ADULTS
(with Jeremy Freese), Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Meeting, Madison, WI, 2006
DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS' INTERNET
USES
National Communication Association, Boston, MA, 2005
21ST CENTURY DIGITAL INEQUALITY: DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS' ONLINE
BEHAVIOR
Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, IL, 2005
MAPPING THE POLITICAL BLOGOSPHERE
Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, IL, 2005
INVITED DISCUSSANT ON DIGITAL INEQUALITY PANEL
American Sociological Association annual meetings, Philadelphia, PA,
2005
MUSIC, MAVENS AND TECHNOLOGY
(with Steven Tepper), American Sociological Association,
Philadelphia, PA, 2005
NEW DIMENSIONS OF THE DIGITAL INEQUALITY: DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS'
USE OF THE INTERNET
(with Amanda Hinnant), Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics,
Budapest, Hungary, 2005
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ACTUAL AND PERCEIVED ONLINE SKILLS
International Communication Association annual meetings, New York City,
NY, 2005
THE ONLINE SKILL DIVIDE: HOW SEARCH ENGINE USE INFLUENCES WHAT MATERIAL
PEOPLE ACCESS ON THE WEB
International Communication Association annual meetings, New York City,
NY, 2005
NEW DIMENSIONS OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS' USE OF
THE INTERNET
(with Amanda Hinnant)
International Communication Association annual meetings, New York City,
NY, 2005
MAPPING THE POLITICAL BLOGOSPHERE
MeshForum, Chicago, IL, 2005
ANALYZING LARGE-SCALE POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS
(with Jason Gallo and Sean Zehnder)
Midwest Political Science Association annual meetings, Chicago, IL, 2005
NEW DIMENSIONS OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS' USE OF
THE INTERNET
(with Amanda Hinnant)
General Online Research, Zurich, 2005
NEW DIMENSIONS OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULTS' USE OF
THE INTERNET
(with Amanda Hinnant)
Eastern Sociological Society, Washington, DC, 2005
HAVE YOU TRIED THIS YET? HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS SAMPLE NEW MUSIC AND BOOKS
(with Steven Tepper)
Eastern Sociological Society, Washington, DC, 2005
PANELIST, CAN BLOGS INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY?
Eastern Sociological Society, Washington, DC, 2005
PANELIST, MOVING FORWARD/LOOKING BACK: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE
National Communication Association annual meetings, Chicago, 2004
EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S WEB-USE SKILLS
National Communication Association annual meetings, Chicago, 2004
HOW USERS NAVIGATE ONLINE CONTENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR MAKING THE WEB
ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Meetings,
Atlanta, 2004
ONLINE INEQUALITIES: EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S WEB USE
SKILLS
MISRC/CRITO Symposium on the Digital Divide,
Carlson School of Management,
University of Minnesota, 2004
WHAT MAKES AN EXPERT SEARCHER? EVIDENCE FROM USER STUDIES
World Wide Web Conference 2004, New York City, 2004
ONLINE JOB SEARCHING: NEW INFORMATION ON METHODS AND SKILL
Eastern Sociological Society, New York City, 2004
ALTERNATIVE SOCIOLOGICAL CAREERS: INTERDISCIPLINARY DEPARTMENTS
Eastern Sociological Society, New York City, 2004
CONTENT DIVERSITY ONLINE
Fordham/Ford Foundation meeting on Media Diversity, New York City,
2003
SEARCH AND YOU SHALL FIND? THE EFFECTS OF ONLINE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
ON PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO FIND CONTENT ON THE WEB
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Alexandria, VA, 2003
ONLINE GATEKEEPERS: MYTH OR REALITY?
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Arlington, VA, 2002
SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE: DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO FIND
INFORMATION ONLINE
American Sociological Association, Chicago, 2002
THE NEW DIGITAL INEQUALITY: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AMONG INTERNET USERS
(with Paul DiMaggio)
American Sociological Association, Chicago, 2002
INTERNET INEQUALITIES: DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ONLINE SKILLS
Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, 2002
SOCIOLOGY, THE WEB AND HIGHER EDUCATION: HEALTHY SYNERGY OR THREE IS A
CROWD?
Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, 2002
BEYOND LOGS AND SURVEYS: IN-DEPTH MEASURES OF PEOPLE'S WEB USE SKILLS
ASIST SIG USE Research Symposium 2001: Effective Methods for Studying
Information Seeking and Use Washington, DC, 2001
SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN INTERNET USE: MAPPING DIFFERENCES IN
PEOPLE'S ONLINE SKILLS
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference,
Arlington, VA, 2001
SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS AND PEOPLE'S LEVEL OF WEB USE
International Network of Social Network Analysis, Budapest, 2001
WHEN OLD MEDIA WERE NEW - HISTORICAL LESSONS FOR THE STUDY OF THE INTERNET
Cultural Dynamics Conference, Princeton University, 2001
WEB OF OPPORTUNITY OR WEB OF CONFUSION? DIFFERENCES IN HOW PEOPLE USE THE
WORLD WIDE WEB
Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
HOW PEOPLE LOCATE CONTENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), The 28th Research
Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Alexandria,
VA, 2000
BEST STUDENT PAPERS: EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES IN INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
AMONG OECD COUNTRIES
TPRC, Alexandria, VA, 2000
PORTAL POWER: CHANNELING USER ATTENTION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
American Sociological Association (ASA), Washington, DC, 2000
INEQUALITY IN ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
ASA, Washington, DC, 2000
SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN INTERNET USE
Guest Speaker, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC, 2000
OPEN PORTALS OR CLOSED GATES? CHANNELING CONTENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
International Communications Association, Acapulco, Mexico, 2000
OPEN PORTALS OR CLOSED GATES? THE IMPLICATIONS OF ONLINE COMMERCIAL
GATEKEEPERS FOR A DIVERSE CULTURAL SPHERE IN CYBERSPACE
Shaping the Network Society: The Future of the Public Sphere in
Cyberspace, Seattle, 2000
ACCESS AND INEQUALITY ON THE INTERNET
American Association of Public Opinion Research, Portland, OR, 2000
CITIES AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Workshop on Cities in the Information Age, Urban Research Initiative,
Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service New York University, 1999
OPEN PORTALS OR CLOSED GATES? CHANNELING CONTENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University, 1999
WEAVING THE WESTERN WEB - EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
AMONG OECD COUNTRIES
First International Graduate Student Retreat for Comparative Research, Los
Angeles, 1999
NETWORK MEASURES OF COMMUNICATION
XIX International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Charleston, SC, 1999
THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNET IN COLLEGE TEACHING
American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 1998
WHO CALLS WHOM? GLOBALIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 1998
REINVENTING UNIVERSAL BROADCASTING? PARALLELS BETWEEN THE RADIO'S AND THE
INTERNET'S EARLY YEARS
Internet Society, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998
HOLES IN THE NET: THE INTERNET AND INTERNATIONAL STRATIFICATION
Internet
Society, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998
THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNET IN THE CLASSROOM, MAKING
SENSE OF THE HYPE
Internet Society, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998
THE INTERNET AND INTERNATIONAL STRATIFICATION
American Sociological Association, Toronto, 1997
ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, International Networks Archive, Princeton University,
since 1998
GRADUATE ASSISTANT, "The Social, Political and Cultural Impact of New
Technologies," Principal Investigators: Paul DiMaggio, Princeton & John
Robinson, UMaryland, 1998-2001
RESEARCH AFFILIATE, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton
University, 1997-2003
RESEARCH ASSISTANT to Paul Starr (data collection on the diffusion of
radio and television technologies in the US, UK, France, and Britain),
Princeton University, 1998
RESEARCH ASSISTANT to Charles Ricq, Centre d'Observation Européen des
Régions, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996
DATA ANALYST, Computing Research Association, 1994
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
UNDERGRADUATE
Internet and Society
Adolescents' Digital Media Uses, Skills and Participation
Search in a Digital Age
Content Creation and Sharing in a Digital Age
Several independent studies projects
GRADUATE
Social Implications of Communication and Information Technologies
The Practice of Scholarship
Introduction to Methods in Mass Communication Research
Approximately a dozen independent studies projects
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
Chris Karr, Media, Technology and Society
Gina Walejko, Media, Technology and Society
David Huffaker, Media, Technology and Society
Azzari Caillier Jarrett, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Elaine Yuan, Media, Technology and Society (defended in 2007)
Amanda Hinnant, Media, Technology and Society (defended in 2006)
Gibb Pritchard, Sociology (defended in 2004)
GENERAL EXAMS SUPERVISED
Digital Inequality
Mixed Methods
Online Communities
Information and Communication Technologies in Historical Comparative
Perspective
Health Information Seeking and Exposure
SENIOR THESES SUPERVISED
Gender Differences in Web Search Behavior (Jason Bornstein)
OTHER
WORKSHOP LEADER, Social Science Cluster, Assistants in Instruction
Orientation Program, Princeton University, Fall, 2002 and Spring, 2003
PARTICIPANT, Master Class in Lecturing, Princeton University, 2001
INSTRUCTOR, Senior Thesis Writers' Group, Sociology Department, Princeton
University, 2000/01
TEACHING ASSISTANT, New Technologies in Teaching and Research, Summer
Graduate Seminar, Princeton University, 1999
PRECEPTOR (TA) for Communications, Culture, and Society (Sociology),
Princeton
University (Prof. Paul Starr), 1998
TEACHING ASSISTANT, Computer Literacy (Computer Science), Smith College
(Prof. Joseph O'Rourke), 1993/4
LABORATORY ASSISTANT, Evaluating Information (Sociology), Smith College
(Prof. Nancy Whittier), 1993/4
Co-organizer of TIPS (Teaching Initiative for Princeton Sociology Graduate
Students), 2000-2002, Awarded the American Sociological Association
Teaching Enhancement Grant (with Wendy Cadge and Nina Bandelj)
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUSTER DISCUSSION LEADER, Assistants in
Instruction Teaching and Orientation
Conference, Princeton University, 2002
PARTICIPANT, Master Class in Lecturing, McGraw Center for Teaching and
Learning, Princeton University, 2001
GUEST LECTURER
- The Digital Divide, Mediated Communication (Communication Studies)
Northwestern University (Prof. Jim Ettema), 2005
- "The Digital Divide" Communication, Culture and
Society (Sociology) Princeton University (Prof. Paul Starr), 2002
- "Efficient Web Searching", Scholars in Schools Program, Princeton
University (invited talks to high school students), Spring 2002
-
"The Social Aspects of Information Technologies"
Computers and Computing (Computer Science) Princeton University (Prof.
Perry Cook), 2002
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"The Social Aspects of Information Technologies"
The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century
(Electrical
Engineering) Princeton University (Prof. Vincent Poor), 2001
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"The Social Aspects of Information Technologies"
Computers In Our World (Computer Science) Princeton University (Prof.
Brian Kernighan), 2000
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"The Diffusion of Communication Technologies"
The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century
(Electrical
Engineering) Princeton University (Prof. Vincent Poor), 2000
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"Personal Identity in Computer-Mediated Environments
The Social Basis of Individual Behavior (Sociology), Princeton University
(Prof. Abigail Saguy), 2000
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"Free Speech And The Internet"
The Internet (Computer
Science) Smith College (Prof. Joseph O'Rourke), 1998
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, Poetics, 2008-2011
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, New Media and Society, 2006-present
REVIEWER for
American Sociological Review
First Monday
Gender and Society
Imprints
Information, Communication and Society
International Journal of Internet Science
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology
Journal of the Association of Information Systems
New Media & Society
Research Policy
Social Problems
Sociological Perspectives
Sociological Methods and Research
Social Science Computer Review
Social Science Quarterly
Telecommunications Policy
The Information Society
The Sociological Quarterly
Sociological Focus
MIT Press
Princeton University Press
University of Michigan Press
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Dutch Social Science Research Council
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
National Science Foundation
PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Telecommunication Policy Research Conference,
2008, 2009
PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Communication and Information Technology
Section, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 2004
PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 2003
WEB SITE USER GROUP, American Sociological Association, 2002-ongoing
CHAIR, Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee, Sociology and Computers
Section of the American Sociological Association, 2002
COUNCIL MEMBER, Sociology and Computers Section of the American
Sociological Association, 2000-02
COMPUTER COMMITTEE, Eastern Sociological Society, 2002-03
AD HOC COMMITTEE TO RENAME AND REDEFINE, ASA Sociology and Computers
Section, 2001
UNIVERSITY
SERVICE
AT NORTHWESTERN
Domain Dinner Panelist, "What (and Where) is Truth in the
Digital Age?", 2004
Faculty Fellow, Communications Residential College,
Northwestern University, 2003-present
AT PRINCETON
CHAIR, Princeton University Graduate Student Government, 1999/2000
MEMBER, Executive Committee, Alumni Council, Princeton University,
2000-2001
MEMBER, Board of Governors, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni,
1999/2000
MEMBER, Executive Committee, Council of the Princeton University
Community, 1999/2000
PRESS SECRETARY, Graduate Student Union (former GSG), 1997-1999
MEMBER, Committee on Rights and Rules of the Council of the Princeton
University Community, 1998/99, 2000/01
MEMBER, Review Committee for the Princeton University Information
Technology Resources and Internet Access Guidelines, 2000-2001
GRADUATE FELLOW, Forbes College, Princeton University 2001-03
GRADUATE FELLOW, Center for Jewish Life, Princeton University, 2000-02
GRADUATE FELLOW, Wilson College, Princeton University, 1997-2000
DEPARTMENTAL
SERVICE
AT NORTHWESTERN
MEMBER, Communication Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Review
Committee, 2004-5
MEMBER, MTS Admissions Committee, 2004-ongoing
MEMBER, School of Communication Committee on Freshmen Seminars,
2003-2004
AT PRINCETON
ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER, Graduate Program, Sociology Department,
1999,
2001
SENIOR COHORT REPRESENTATIVE, Graduate Student Advisory Committee,
Sociology, 2001
DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE, Graduate Student Union, 1997-1999
STUDENT OFFICE SPACE COORDINATOR, Sociology Department, 1997-1999
OTHER
SERVICE
MEMBER, Governing Board, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni,
2005-2008
ALUMNAE ADMISSIONS VOLUNTEER, Princeton Area Smith College Club,
1997-2002
WEBMASTER, Princeton Area Smith College Club, 1997-2002
WEBMASTER, Smith College Class of 1996, 1996-2001
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association
American Society for Information Science and Technology
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Eastern Sociological Society
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
Sociologists for Women in Society
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
ENGLISH, HUNGARIAN - Bilingual
FRENCH - Fluency
GERMAN - Near Fluency
Previous studies of RUSSIAN, JAPANESE and ITALIAN
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