ESZTER HARGITTAI

    Communication Studies Department, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL 60208 USA
    847-467-4681 * 847-467-1036 (fax)

    contact04cv @ eszter.com * http://www.eszter.com

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
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    EDITED VOLUMES

    E03.  Research Confidential: Solutions to Problems Most Social Scientists Pretend They Never Have

    Edited by Eszter Hargittai
    2009. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.

    E02.  The Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Dimensions of Search Engines

    Edited by Eszter Hargittai
    2007. Special Section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. April.

    E01.  Mapping Globalization

    Edited by Eszter Hargittai and Miguel Angel Centeno
    2001. Special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist Volume 10 Number 44.

    REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

    A29. Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the Net Generation.

    Hargittai, E.
    2010. Sociological Inquiry. 80(1)

    A28.  Pathways to Music Exploration in a Digital Age

    Tepper, S, & Hargittai, E.
    2009. Poetics. 37(3):227-249.

    A27.  Facebook and Academic Performance: Reconciling a Media Sensation with Data

    Pasek, J, more, e., & Hargittai, E.
    2009. First Monday. 14(5)

    A26.  Digital Distinction: Status-Specific Internet Uses

    Nicole Zillien and Eszter Hargittai
    2009. Social Science Quarterly. 90(2):274-291.

    A25.  An Update on Survey Measures of Web-Oriented Digital Literacy

    Eszter Hargittai
    2009. Social Science Computer Review. 27(1): 130-137. Winter.

    A24.  Digital Inequality: Differences in Young Adults' Use of the Internet

    Eszter Hargittai and Amanda Hinnant
    2008. Communication Research. 35(5):602-621.

    A23.  The Participation Divide: Content Creation and Sharing in the Digital Age

    Eszter Hargittai and Gina Walejko.
    2008. Information, Communication and Society. 11(2):239-256. March.

    A22.  Cross-Ideological Discussions among Conservative and Liberal Bloggers

    Eszter Hargittai, Jason Gallo and Matthew Yale Kane
    2008. Public Choice.

    A21.  Whose Space? Differences Among Users and Non-Users of Social Network Sites

    Eszter Hargittai
    2007. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 13(1), article 14.

    A20.  The Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Search Engines: An Introduction

    Eszter Hargittai
    2007. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 12(3), article 1.

    A19.  Cognitive Ability and Internet Use Among Older Adults

    Jeremy Freese, Salvador Rivas and Eszter Hargittai
    2006. Poetics. 34(4):236-249. August-October.

    A18.  The Disability Divide in Internet Access and Use

    Kerry Dobransky and Eszter Hargittai
    2006. Information, Communication and Society. 9(2):313-334. June.

    A17.  Differences in Actual and Perceived Online Skills: The Role of Gender.

    Eszter Hargittai and Steven Shafer
    2006. Social Science Quarterly. 87(2):432-448. June.

    A16.  Hurdles to Information Seeking: Explaining Spelling and Typographical

    Mistakes in Users’ Online Search Behavior.
    Eszter Hargittai
    Journal of the Association of Information Systems
    2006. Special issue on the Digital Divide. Edited by Sanjeev Dewan and Fred Riggins. February.

    A15.  Survey Measures of Web-Oriented Digital Literacy

    Eszter Hargittai
    2005. Social Science Computer Review. 23(3):371-379. Fall.

    A14.  Do you "google"? Understanding Search Engine Popularity Beyond the Hype

    Eszter Hargittai
    2004. First Monday. 9(3)

    A13.  Classifying and Coding Online Actions

    Eszter Hargittai
    2004. Social Science Computer Review. 22(2):210-227.

    A12.  New Social Survey Perspectives on the Digital Divide

    John Robinson, Paul DiMaggio and Eszter Hargittai
    2003. IT & Society. 1(5):1-22. Summer.

    A10.  Serving Citizens' Needs:

    Minimizing Online Hurdles to Accessing Government Information
    Eszter Hargittai
    2003. IT & Society. 1(3)27-41. Winter.

    A09.  Beyond Logs and Surveys: In-Depth Measures of People's Online Skills

    Eszter Hargittai
    2002. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
    53(14):1239-1244.

    A08.  Second-Level Digital Divide: Differences in People's Online Skills

    Eszter Hargittai
    2002. First Monday. 7(4). http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_4/hargittai

    A07.  The Social Implications of the Internet

    Paul DiMaggio, Eszter Hargittai, W. Russell Neuman and John Robinson
    2001. Annual Review of Sociology. 27:307-336.

    R01. Reprinted in The Academy and the Internet.
    Edited by M.Price and H.Nissenbaum.New York: Peter Lang.

    A06.  Defining a Global Geography [pdf]

    Eszter Hargitta and Miguel Angel Centeno
    2001. American Behavioral Scientist. 10(44):1545-1560

    A05.  Standing Before the Portals:

    Non-Profit Content in the Age of Commercial Gatekeepers
    Eszter Hargittai
    2000. info 2(6):543-550. December.

    A04.  Open Portals or Closed Gates:

    Channeling Content on the World Wide Web
    Eszter Hargittai
    2000. Poetics. 27(4) 233-254.

    A03.  Radio's Lessons for the Inernet

    Eszter Hargittai
    2000. Communications of the ACM. 43(1):50-56

    A02.  Weaving the Western Web:

    Explaining Differences in Internet Connectivity Among OECD Countries
    Eszter Hargittai
    1999. Telecommunications Policy. 23(10/11):701-718.

    A01.  Phone Calls and Fax Machines:

    The Limits to Globalization [pdf]
    Hugh Louch, Eszter Hargittai and Miguel Angel Centeno)
    1999. The Washington Quarterly. 22:2 83-100

    BOOK CHAPTERS

    C12.  WAT R U DOIN? Studying the Thumb Generation Using Text Messaging

    Hargittai, E. & Karr, C.
    2009. In Research Confidential. Edited by E. Hargittai. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.

    C11.  The Digital Reproduction of Inequality

    Eszter Hargittai
    2008. In Social Stratification. Edited by David Grusky
    Boulder, CO: Westview Press

    C10.  Music, Mavens and Technology

    Tepper, S, Hargittai, E. & Touve, D.
    2008. In Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation in America's Cultural Life
    Edited by Bill Ivey and Steven J. Tepper.
    Routledge

    C09.  The Role of Expertise in Navigating Links of Influence

    Eszter Hargittai
    2008. In The Hyperlinked Society. edited by Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui.
    Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press.

    C08.  A Framework for Studying Differences in People's Digital Media Uses

    Eszter Hargittai
    2007. In Cyberworld Unlimited.
    Edited by Nadia Kutscher and Hans-Uwe Otto.
    VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften/GWV Fachverlage GmbH. Pp. 121-137.

    C07.  Content Diversity Online: Myth or Reality?

    Eszter Hargittai
    2007. In Media Diversity and Localism: Meanings and Metrics. Edited by Philip Napoli.
    Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

    C06.  Toward a Social Framework for Information Seeking

    Eszter Hargittai and Amanda Hinnant
    2005. In New Directions in Human Information Behavior. Edited by Amanda Spink and Charles Cole.
    New York: Springer.

    C05.  Digital Inequality: From Unequal Access to Differentiated Use

    Paul DiMaggio, Eszter Hargittai, Coral Celeste and Steven Shafer
    2004. In Social Inequality. Edited by Kathryn Neckerman.
    New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. pp.355-400.

    C04. The Digital Divide and What To Do About It

    Eszter Hargittai
    2003. The New Economy Handbook. Edited by D.C.Jones.
    San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

    C03.  The Changing Online Landscape:

    From Free-for-All to Commercial Gatekeeping
    Eszter Hargittai
    2004. In Community Practice in the Network Society:
    Local Action/Global Interaction.
    Edited by P.Day and D.Schuler. Routledge

    C02.  Informed Web Surfing: The Social Context of User Sophistication

    Eszter Hargittai
    2003. in Society Online: The Internet in Context Edited by P.Howard and S.Jones.
    Sage Publications.

    C01.  Untangling the Tangled Net: Symmetry and the Internet


    Eszter Hargittai 2002. in Symmetry 2000. Edited by I. Hargittai and T. Laurent.
    London: Portland Press Ltd.

    WORKING PAPERS

    W01. From Digital Divide to Digital Inequality

    Paul DiMaggio and Eszter Hargittai
    2001. Working Paper #15. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies.
    Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Princeton University.

    OTHER (RESEARCH NOTES, NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE ARTICLES)

    O07. A Primer on Electronic Communication

    Eszter Hargittai
    2006. Insider Higher Ed. November 28.

    O06. Found

    Eszter Hargittai
    2005. QED Issue 1, December 2005

    O05. Digital Inequality, Comment 3 on An Evolving Gender Digital Divide?

    Eszter Hargittai
    2004. Oxford Internet Institute Internet Issue Brief No.2.3. August.

    O04. Life Beyond Google

    Eszter Hargittai
    2004. BBC News. April 6.

    O03. Surviving the Job Market

    Eszter Hargittai
    2003. Network News. (Sociologists for Women in Society). Spring.

    O02. Letter to the Editor

    Eszter Hargittai
    2001. Technology Review. 104(7):15. September.

    O01. Expanding The Pipeline, Craw Database Aids Academic Recruiters.

    Joan Feigenbaum, Joseph O'Rourke and Eszter Hargittai
    1994. Computing Research News. 6(4):3-4. September

    Approximately 20 articles in Magyar Hírlap, a national Hungarian daily newspaper, 1994.

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS

    PAPER PRIZE, 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

    GOOGLE RESEARCH AWARD, 2009-2010, $70,000

    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

    ROBERT AND KAYE HIATT FUND GRANT, Northwestern University, 2009-10, $55,184

    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)
    SKILL MATTERS: EXPLAINING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ONLINE ENGAGEMENT, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, England, 2010

    MANAGING ONE'S ONLINE PRESENCE, Lewis Leadership Program, Smith College, 2010

    ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO KNOWLEGE: THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, The Centennial of Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2009

    GENDER, SILL AND INTERNET USE , University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2009

    UIC STUDENTS' DIGITAL MEDIA USES: A REALITY CHECK, First-Year Writing Program, University of Illinois, Chicago, 2009

    INVITED SPEAKER, Netroots Nation, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009

    KEYNOTE PANELIST, BlogHer, Chicago, IL, 2009

    INTERNET SKILL MATTERS, Luncheon Speaker Series, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2009

    A TYPOLOGY OF SOCIAL NETWORK SITE USAGE, The Networked Self, University of Illinois, Chicago, 2009

    THE WEB USE PROJECT, EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USER CHARACTERISTICS AND ONLINE BEHAVIOR, Northwestern Law School, Chicago, 2009

    DATA CHALLENGES OF STUDYING NEW MILLENNIUM LEARNERS, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, 2009

    BEYOND GIGS OF LOG DATA: HOW THE STUDY OF NEW MEDIA CAN BENEFFIT FROM OLD METHODS, Cambridge Colloquium on Complexity and Social Networks Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2009

    DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES, DIVERSE VOICES? THE PARTICIPATION GAP IN INTERNET USE, President's Symposium, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 2009

    NEW OPPORTUNITIES, OLD PATTERNS? PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL MEDIA, Frontiers of Cultural Sociology Mini-Conference, Culture and Social Analysis Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2009

    THE SKILL DIVIDE IN INTERNET USE, User-Generated Content 3.0: From Thread to Opportunity, The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School, New York, NY, 2009

    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
    • "The Social Aspects of Information Technologies" The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century (Electrical Engineering) Princeton University (Prof. Vincent Poor), 2001
    • "The Social Aspects of Information Technologies" Computers In Our World (Computer Science) Princeton University (Prof. Brian Kernighan), 2000
    • "The Diffusion of Communication Technologies" The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century (Electrical Engineering) Princeton University (Prof. Vincent Poor), 2000
    • "Personal Identity in Computer-Mediated Environments The Social Basis of Individual Behavior (Sociology), Princeton University (Prof. Abigail Saguy), 2000
    • "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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