CURRICULUM VITAE

 

September, 2017

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology

University of Toronto Mississauga

3359 Mississauga Rd

Mississauga ON L5L 1C6

Canada

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada, November 2006

M.A., Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada, August 2001

B.A., Honors, Sociology and Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada, May 2000

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

2015 -

Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology

Faculty of Information

 

2014

Associate Professor, Ryerson University

School of Professional Communication, Faculty of Communication & Design

 

2012 - 2014

Assistant Professor, Ryerson University

School of Professional Communication, Faculty of Communication & Design

 

2008 -  2011

Assistant Professor, Rutgers University

Department of Communication, School of Communication and Information

 

2006 - 2008

Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Tokyo

Department of Social Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology

 

2004 - 2005

Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

National Center for Digital Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government

 

 

RESEARCH AREAS

 

Mediated Communication

Communication Networks

 

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

 

Boase, J. (2016). Augmenting survey and experimental designs with digital trace data. Communication Methods & Measures, 10(2-3), 165-166.

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T., A. Schrock, T. Suzuki, & T. Suzuki. (2015).  Reconnecting here and there: The reactivation of dormant ties in the US and Japan. American Behavioral Scientist, 59(8), 931-945.

 

Kobayashi, T., & Boase, J. (2015). Emerging from the cocoon? Revisiting the tele-cocooning hypothesis in the smartphone era. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 20(3), 330-345.

 

Kobayashi, T. & Boase, J. (2014). Tele-cocooning: Mobile texting and social scope. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), 681-694.

 

Boase, J., & Ling, R. (2013). Measuring mobile phone use: Self-report versus log data. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication,18(4), 508-519.

 

Boase, J. (2013). Implications of software-based mobile media for social research. Mobile Media & Communication, 1(1), 57-62.

 

Boase, J., & Kobayashi, T. (2012). Mobile communication networks in Japan and America. China Media Research, 8(4), 90-98.

 

Kobayashi, T., & Boase, J. (2012). No such effect? The implications of measurement error in self-report measures of mobile communication use. Communication Methods and Measures, 6(2), 1-18.

 

Boase, J., Ikeda, K. (2012). Core discussion networks in Japan and America. Human Communication Research, 38(1), 95-119.

 

Stern, M. J., Adams, A. E., Boase, J. (2011) Rural Community Participation, Social Networks, and Broadband Use: Examples from Localized and National Survey Data. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 40(2), 158-171.

 

Ikeda, K., Boase, J. (2011). Multiple discussion networks and their consequences for political participation. Communication Research, 38(5), 660-683.

 

Boase, J. (2010). Consequence of Rural Networks for High-Speed Internet Adoption and Email Use. American Behavioral Scientist, 53(9), 1257-1267.

 

Boase, J., & Kobayashi, T. (2008). Kei-Tying Teens: Using Mobile Phone Email to Bond, Bridge, and Break with Social Ties – A Study of Japanese Adolescents. International Journal of Human - Computer Studies, 66(12), 930-943.

 

Boase, J. (2008). Personal Networks and The Personal Communication System: Using Multiple Communication Media to Connect With Personal Networks. Information, Communication and Society, 11(4), 490-508.

 

Boase, J., Chen, W., Wellman, B., & Prijatel, M. (2003). Is there a Place in Cyberspace: Understanding the Uses and Users of Public Access Terminals. Géographie et Culture, 46, 5-20.

 

Wellman, B., Quan-haase, A., Boase, J., Chen, W., Hampton, K., Isla de Diaz, I., & Miyata, K. (2003). The Social Affordances of the Internet For Networked Individualism. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 8(3), 1-43.

 

Wellman, B., Boase, J., & Chen, W. (2002). The Networked Nature of Community Online and Offline. IT&Society, 1(1), 151-165.

 

Boase, J., & Wellman, B. (2001). A Plague of Viruses: Biological, Computer and Marketing. Current Sociology, 49(6), 39-55. Translated into Portuguese (2008) as Redes Virais: viroses biológicas, computacionalis e de mercado. In F. Duarte, C. Quandt, & Q. Souza (Eds.), O Tempo das Redes (pp. 65-96). São Paolo: Perspectiva, 2008.

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

Jamieson, J., & Boase, J., Kobayashi, K. (Forthcoming). Multiplying the medium: Tie Strength, social role, and mobile media multiplexity. In B. Foucault-Wells & S. González-Bailón (Eds.), Handbook of Communication in the Networked Age. Oxford University Press.

 

Jamieson, J., & Boase, J. (2016). Listening to social rhythms: Exploring interactional, time stamped data using sonification. In L. Sloan and A. Quan-Haase (Eds.), Handbook of Social Media Research Methods (pp. 405-420). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

 

Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, K., Boase, J. (2016). Identifying political conversation partners through mobile communication logs. In R. Wei (Ed.), Mobile Media, Political Participation and Civic Activism in Asia: Private Chat to Public Communication (pp. 57-79). Netherlands: Springer.

 

DiDomenico, S., & Boase, J. (2013). Bringing mobiles into the conversation: Applying a conversation analytic approach to the study of mobiles in co-present interaction. In D. Tannen & A. M. Trester (Eds.), Discourse 2.0: Language and New Media (pp. 119-132). Georgetown, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.

 

Miyata, K., Boase, J., & Wellman, B. (2008). The Social Effects of Keitai and PC Email in Japan. In J. E. Katz (Ed.), Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies (pp. 209-223). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

 

Boase, J., & Wellman, B. (2006). Personal Relationships: On and Off the Internet. In D. Perlman & A. L. Vangelisti (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (pp. 709-723). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Wellman, B., Hogan, B., Berg, K., Boase, J., Carrasco, J., Cote, R., et al. (2006). Connected Lives: The Project. In P. Purcell (Ed.), Networked Neighbourhoods: The Connected Community in Context (pp. 161-216). London: Springer.

 

Miyata, K., Boase, J., Wellman, B., & Ikeda, K. (2005). The Mobile-izing Japanese: Connecting to the Internet by PC and Webphone in Yamanashi. In M. Ito, D. Okabe, & M. Matsuda (Eds.), Portable, Personal, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life (pp. 143-164). Cambridge: MIT Press.

 

Miyata, K., Wellman, B., & Boase, J. (2005). The Wired – and Wireless – Japanese: Webphones, PCs and Social Networks. In R. Ling & P. E. Pedersen (Eds.), Mobile Communications: Re-negotiation of the Social Sphere (pp. 427-449). Surrey, UK: Springer.

 

Chen, W., Boase, J., & Wellman, B. (2002). The Global Villagers: Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World. In B. Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.), The Internet in Everyday Life (pp. 74-113). Oxford: Blackwell.

 

 

REPORTS

 

Boase, J., Horrigan, J. B., Wellman, B.,  & Rainie, L. (2006). The Strength of Internet Ties. Washington, D.C.: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 1-52.

 

Kayahara, J., and Wellman, B., with Boase, J., Hogan, B. & Kennedy, T. (2005) Canadians, Culture, and Computers. A report to Heritage Canada, 1-66.

 

Boase, J. (2001). Federalism and Federations Research Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Research. A document outlining the events of the Federalism and Federations Research Workshop, which was hosted by SSHRC and the Privy Council Office. Ottawa, May 14.

 

 

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 

Jamieson, J., Yamashita, N., Boase, J. (2017).  Identifying problems and support opportunities: Learning from a unique group of foreign students. INTERACT 2017.

 

Naaman, M., Boase, J., Lai, C. (2010). Is it Really About Me? Message Content in Social Awareness Streams. ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work.

 

Stern, M.J., Adams, A.E., & Boase, J. (2008). The Role of the Internet in Rural Community Participation: Examples from Survey Data. Workshop on Broadband in the Rural Economy. Economic Research Service, USDA.

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

Jamieson, J., & Boase, J. (2015). Keitai and Japanese adolescents. 6,000 word entry in the  Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

 

Boase, J. (2006). Discussion on Article 4. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 2(2), 80-81.

 

Boase, J., Chen, W., & Wellman, B. (2003). Internet Effects on Community. 1000 word entry in the Encyclopedia of Community (p. 556). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group.

 

 

INVITED TALKS

 

Boase, J. (2015). Collecting and Understanding Mobile Log Data - A Multi-Method Approach. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, April 21, 2015.

 

Boase, J. (2013). A few implications of digital trace data: Insight from the development of a mobile smartphone application. Oxford Internet Institute’s Summer Doctoral Programme. Ryerson University, July 16.

 

Boase, J. (2012). Core Discussion Networks in Japan and America. Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, June 12.

 

Boase, J. (2011) Managing Multiple Engagements: Findings from the Communication Explorer Smartphone Application Tool. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, England, February, 2011.

 

Boase, J. (2010) The Implications of Fixed and Mobile Internet Platforms for Personal Networks: From Theory to Measurement. Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University. Lunchtime Discussion, May 6.

 

Boase, J., Naaman, M., Lai, C. (2010). Is It Really All About Me? Social Awareness Streams on Twitter. Social Psychology Colloquium, University of Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan, January 14.

 

Boase, J. (2008). The Internet and Communication. Department of Social Work, Osaka University of Human Sciences. Osaka, Japan, May 28.

 

Boase, J. (2006). Email’s Role in Community. Department of Social Psychology, University of Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan, February 28.

 

Boase, J. (2004). The Pew Social Ties Survey: Theory, Method & Preliminary Results. National Center for Digital Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA, USA, September 22.

 

Boase, J. (2004). Measuring Network Size, Tie Strength and Social Diversity. Expert Workshop on the Measurement of Social Capital. Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 8.

 

Boase, J. (2004). Theory Behind the Pew Social Ties Survey. Hebrew University. Jerusalem, Israel, May 6.

 

Boase, J. (2004). The Pew Social Ties Survey. Open University. Tel Aviv, Israel, May 5.

 

Boase, J. (2004). The Pew Social Ties Survey: Theory and Methodology. Haifa University. Haifa, Israel, May 3.

 

Boase, J. (2002). Intercultural Collaboration Experiment 2002: Survey Results. NTT Communication Science Laboratories. Nara, Japan, August 15.

 

Boase, J. (2002). Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World - Findings from the National Geographic Survey 2000. Internet Scholar Program, 2nd Annual Graduate Student Workshop. College Park, MD, USA, June 11.

 

Boase, J. (2001). National Geographic 2001 Survey Questionnaire. Internet Scholar Program, 1st Annual Graduate Student Workshop. College Park, MD, USA, June 14.

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T., A. Schrock, T. Suzuki, & T. Suzuki. (2015).  Reconnecting here and there: The reactivation of dormant ties in the US and Japan. Social Media and Society 2015 International Conference. Toronto, ON, July 27-29.

 

Jamieson, J., Boase, J. (2015). Using Sonification to Explore Texting Response Time in Time Stamped Interactional Data. Canadian Association for Information Science 2015 Conference. Ottawa, ON, May 29 - June 5.

 

Jamieson, J., Boase, J. (2015). Poster Presentation: The Faster the Response, the Stronger the Bond? Dimensions of Relational Closeness and Texting Response Time. 62nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Puerto Rico, May 21-25.

 

Boase, J. (2014). E-Rhythms and the Good Life, 64th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Seattle, WA, May 22-26.

 

Lin, C., Boase, J., Kobayashi, T., (2013). Who’s Calling at this Ungodly Hour? An Investigation of the Interplay between Time of Day, Type of Social Ties, and Cognitive Tie Strength, International Network for Social Network Analysis Conference. Xi’an, China, July 14th.

 

Kobayashi, T., Boase, J., Suzuki, T., (2013). Developing bridging social capital using smartphones. International Communication Association’s Pre-conference Workshop, New Media and Citizenship in Asia: Researching the Practices, Functions, and Effects of the New Media in Asian Politics. London, UK, June 15.

 

Boase, J., Mo, G.Y., Kobayashi, T. (2013). Dividing the Medium: The Implications of Mobile Voice Calling and Texting for Network Diversity. The Annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Victoria, B.C., June 1-8.

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T. (2013). Identifying Strong Ties Using Smartphone Log Data. XXXIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis. Hamburg, Germany, May 21-26.

 

McMaster, R., Boase, J., Freeman, W. (2013). Online/Blended Course Design and Implementation at Ryerson. Ryerson Faculty Conference. Toronto, ON, May 16.

 

Kobayashi, T., Boase, J., Suzuki, T, Suzuki, T. (2013). Maintaining Weak Tie Networks Using Mobile Technology. Living Inside Mobile Social Information. Boston, MA, April 28-29.

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T. (2012). Bonding and bridging with multimedia mobile phones: A study using the Communication Explorer smartphone application. 62nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Phoenix, AZ, May 24-28.

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T. (2012). Role call - smartphones and relational roles. International Communication Association’s Pre-conference Workshop, Mobile Communication, Community and Locative Media. Phoenix, AZ, May 23-24.

 

Kobayashi, T., Boase, J., Suzuki, T. (2012). Implications of self-report error for mobile communication research: A comparative study of Japan and the U.S.. The International Communication Association’s Pre-conference Workshop, New Media and Citizenship in Asia: Social Media, Politics, and Community-Building. Phoenix, AZ, May 24.

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T. (2012). Theoretical implications of digital trace data: Insight from the development of a mobile smartphone application. Interdisciplinary Insights on the Social Science of Digital Research. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, Mar. 13.

 

Kobayashi, T., Boase, J. (2011). Weaving the web into personal communication networks. A decade in Internet time: Symposium on the dynamics of the Internet and Society. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, Sep. 21.

 

Kobayashi, T., Boase, J., & Sonehara, N. (2011). Analysis of mobile communication logs using smartphones. The Annual Conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology. Nagoya, Sep. 18-19.

 

Boase, J., Ling, R. (2011). Measuring Mobile Phone Use: Self-Report Versus Log Data. 61st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Boston, May 26-30.

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T. (2011). Mobile Communication Networks: An Exploratory Study Using the Communication Explorer Smartphone Application. Seamlessly Mobile?: Mobile Communication @ a Crossroads, 2011 International Communication Association Pre-Conference Workshop. Boston, May 25 - 26.

 

DiDomenico, S., Boase, J. (2011). Bringing Mobiles into the Conversation. Seamlessly Mobile?: Mobile Communication @ a Crossroads, 2011 International Communication Association Pre-Conference Workshop. Boston, May 25 - 26.

 

Boase, J., Akiyoshi, M. (2010). The Social Utility of Mobile Phone Email for Personal Network Maintenance During Childhood. 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore, June 22-26.

 

Lai, C., Boase, J., Naaman, M. (2010).  Is It Really All About Me? Social Awareness Streams on Twitter. 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore, June 22-26.

 

Kim, Y., Boase, J. (2010). Habitual Use of Communication Technologies. 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Singapore, June 22-26.

 

Naaman, M., Boase, J., Lai, C. (2010). Is it Really About Me? Message Content in Social Awareness Streams. ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Savannah, Georgia, February 9.

 

Boase, J., Ikeda, K. (2009). Core Discussion Networks in Japan and America. 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Chicago, May 21-25.

 

Boase, J., Akiyoshi, M. (2009). Omnipresence as a Strategy for Maintaining Expansive Social Horizons: The Social Utility of Mobile Phone Email for Japanese Youth. Mobile2.0 Pre-Conference to the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Chicago, May 21-25.

 

Akiyoshi, M., Boase, J. (2009). Explaining Online Network Styles. XXIX Sunbelt Social Networks Conference. San Diego, CA, USA, March 12.

 

Boase, J., Kobayashi, T. (2008). Kei-Tying Teens: Using Mobile Phone Email to Bond, Bridge, and Break with Social Ties – A Study of Japanese Adolescents. Digital Youth Conference. Tokyo, Japan, June 21.

 

Boase, J., Wellman, B. (2008). Staying Connected by All Means. XXVIII International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference. St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA, January 22-28.

 

Boase, J. (2007). Personal Networks and the Personal Communication System. American Sociological Association’s 102nd Annual Meeting. New York, NY, USA, August 13.

 

Boase, J. (2005). Using Multiple Media to Maintain Social Ties and Access Resources. American Sociological Association’s 100th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 13.

 

Boase, J. (2005). Using Email to Connect: Findings from the Pew Social Ties Survey. 2005 Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting. London, ON, Canada, June 2.

 

Boase, J. (2005). Using Multiple Media to Maintain Social Ties. XXV International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference. Redondo Beach, CA, USA, February 20.

 

Boase, J. (2004). The Internet and Social Ties. American Sociological Association’s 99th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, USA, August 16.

 

Boase, J., Wellman, B., Horrigan, J., Rainie, L. (2004). The Pew Social Ties Survey. XXIV International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference. Portoroz, Slovenia, May 13.

 

Boase, J. (2003). Is There A Place in Cyberspace: The Uses and Users of Public Internet Terminals. Fourth International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Toronto, ON, Canada, October 17.

 

Boase, J. (2002). Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World - Findings from the National Geographic Survey 2000. Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association. Toronto, ON, Canada, May 30.

 

Boase, J. (2001). The Global Digital Divide: Beyond Access. Second International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 11.

 

 

GRANTS - MAJOR

 

2015 Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Amount: $153,358 over four years

Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Networked Individualism: A Comparative Study of Social Networks, Digital Media, International Ties, and Privacy

 

2014 NTT Joint Development Project Grant, NTT Corporation, Japan

Amount: 1,000,000 JPY (Approximately $10,000 CAD)

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Studying the Role of Technology in the Supportive Networks of Foreign Students

 

2013   Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Amount: $240,000 over four years

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: The Implications of Smartphone Use for Peer Bonding and the Development of Social Capital During Adolescence: A Triangulation of Digital Trace, Survey, and Interview Data.

 

2009 Research Organization for Information Systems Grant, Japan.

Amount: 1,000,000 Japanese Yen (approximately $10,000 CAD)

Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Developing Social Data Collection Using Mobile Communication Technology

 

2008 Okawa Foundation, Japan.

Amount: 1,000,000 Japanese Yen (approximately $10,000 CAD)

Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Empirical Research on the Use of Information Communication Technology and Political Behaviour

 

 

GRANTS - MINOR

 

2015 SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) , Social Sciences and Humanities Research   Council of Canada.

Amount: $467.90

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Knowledge mobilization for the E-Rhythms data collection and sonifier systems

 

2012 SRC Seed Grant, Ryerson University.

Amount: $5,000

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Analysis of Mobile Phone Log Data

 

2010  Grants To Get Grants, Rutgers University.

Amount: $1,500

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Development of the Communication Explorer Smartphone Application

 

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

Dec 2013: Deans' Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activity Award, Faculty of Communication & Design, Ryerson University. ($2,000).

 

May 2010: Distinguished Achievement in Teaching, Department of Communication, Rutgers University.

 

November 2006: Yolles Award for Best Dissertation in Sociology 2005-06, University of Toronto. ($500).

 

February 2006: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. ($38,000 each year for two years + 5,000 for research expenses).

 

May 2005: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. ($15,000).

 

September 2004: Doctoral Fellow, National Center for Digital Government, Harvard University. ($20,000).

 

August 2004: Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, The Communications & Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association. ($100).

 

October 2003: Doctoral Fellow, The Knowledge Media Design Institute, University of Toronto.

 

September 2003: Junior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto.

 

September 2002: Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. ($17,700 each year for three years).

 

September 2002: Ontario Graduate Scholarship. ($15,000) – declined.

 

May 2002: Internet Scholar Program, 2nd Annual Graduate Student Workshop, Scientific Research on the Internet. Funded by the National Science Foundation. ($1,000).

 

September 2001: University of Toronto Open Fellowship, Department of Sociology. ($9,000).

 

May 2001: Internet Scholar Program, 1st Annual Graduate Student Workshop, Scientific Research on the Internet. Funded by the National Science Foundation. ($750).

 

September 2000: University of Toronto Open Fellowship, Department of Sociology. ($10,300).

 

May 1997 - May, 2000: Dean’s List, University of Toronto.

 

September 1997: Membership to the Golden Key International Honours Society, University of Toronto Chapter.

 

 

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

 

M.A. Level Research Paper, Primary Advisor, Joseph Palladino, TBD, Masters of Science in Sustainability Management (MScSM) program, 2017-2018.

 

M.A. Level Major Research Project, Primary Advisor, Philip Howard, Now accepting new patients: Health professionals’ use of social media for health promotion, 2013.

 

M.A. Level Major Research Project, Secondary Reader, Jelena Djurkic, # Pillar of defence: Using social media to manage impressions of conflict online - A case study of the November 2012 Israel-Hamas conflict, 2013.

 

M.A. Level Major Research Project, Primary Advisor, Alison Terpenning, A riot of opinions: A study of audience responses on organizational Facebook pages, 2012.

 

M.A. Level Major Research Project, Primary Advisor, Alanna Fallis, Campaigning in the time of Twitter: 140 character ethical appeals from the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012.

 

M.A. Level Major Research Project, Secondary Reader, Michelle Abarca-Cumings, Credibility assessment for online breast cancer information, 2012.

 

M.A. Level Major Research Project, Secondary Reader, Jiwon Bang, Freedom of Speech and Access to Technology: A Case Study of the 2011 Bart Cell Phone Service Shutdown, 2012.

 

M.A. Level Major Research Project, Secondary Reader, Denise Gho, You’ve Got Mail:
An Analysis of Direct Mail and Direct Email Fundraising Letters, 2011.

 

Ph.D. Praticum Project, Primary Advisor, Heewon Kim. The role of social media in social support exchange: Facebook use and support network size, received amount of social support, and life satisfaction, 2011.

 

Ph.D. Level Independent Study, Sole Advisor, Gillian Bonanno. Decision making in virtual teams, 2010.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Jennifer Grimm. Social media in the NHL, 2010.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Whitney Oppito. Social media in sports organizations, 2010.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Yumi Jung. Youtube uploaders in Korea, 2010.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Priyanka Shah. Social media in organizations, 2009.

 

Ph.D. Level Independent Study, Sole Advisor, Young Hoon Kim. The role of agency and habit in studies of mediated communication, 2009.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Kierstin Ferrante. Text and family: How does text messaging affect family communication during the college emancipation process?, 2009.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Laura Lamberta. The digital divide:  A case study of one laptop per child using DiMaggio’s dimensions of inequality, 2009.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Jill Clapp. Skittles.com – A social media campaign: An exploration of uses and gratification theory and SNS user interactivity, 2009.

 

M.A. Level Capstone Project, Sole Advisor, Harry Glazer. That’s what ‘Friends’ are for: Weak ties and social networking websites, 2009.

 

WORK STUDY SUPERVISION

 

Andrew Montomery, Undergraduate Student, Experiential Learning Program, Sole Supervisor, Ryerson University, 2012-2013.

 

 

VISITING STUDENT SUPERVISION

 

Hirokazu Oda, Visiting Master’s Student from Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan, 2013-2013.

 

 

PH.D. QUALIFYING EXAM COMMITTEE SERVICE

 

Noorin Manji, Methods and Mediated Communication, University of Waterloo, 2012.

 

Stefani Gomez, Mediated Communication, Rutgers University, 2011.

 

Heewon Kim, Mediated Communication, Rutgers University, 2010.

 

Funda Kivran-Swaine, Mediated Communication, Rutgers University, 2010.

 

Iulian Vamanu, Sociology of Culture, Rutgers University, 2090.

 

 

EXTERNAL COMMITTEE MEMBER SERVICE

 

Zhe Li, Organizational Image and Reputation Construction By Various Stakeholders Using a Range of Social Media, Rutgers University, In Progress.

 

 

HONORS THESIS COMMITTEE SERVICE

 

Alena I. Fleming, Mobile Communication, Rutgers University, 2010.

 

Sophia Liu, Mediated Communication and Cross National Difference, Rutgers University, 2009.

 

OTHER MENTORING

 

Tutor, Summer Doctoral Program, Oxford Internet Institute, July 16, 2013.

 

Mentor, Doctoral Workshop, Developing Best Practices for Using Digital Tools to Study Human Behavior in Online Environments, Northwestern University, August 18-20, 2013.

 

 

COMMITTEE SERVICE

 

Dean’s Representative, Search Committee, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, UTM, 2015 - 2016.

 

Chair, ICCIT New Major Planning Committee, ICCIT, UTM, 2015 - 2016.

 

Member, Search Committee, ICCIT, UTM, 2015 - 2016.

 

Member, ICCIT Curriculum Committees, ICCIT, UTM, 2015 - 2016.

 

Member, SLII Advancement Committee, Faculty of Information, UofT, 2015.

 

Member, Tenure Committee, Sarah Sharma, ICCIT, UTM, 2015.

 

Member, Tenure Committee, Jeremy Packer, ICCIT, UTM, 2015.

 

Member, Progression Through the Ranks Committee, ICCIT, UTM, 2015.

 

Member, ProCom Operations and Equipment Committee, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2013-2014.

 

Representative, Scholarly Research & Creative Activity, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2012-2014.

 

Member, Graduate Committee, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2012-2013.

 

Representative, RCC Operations Committee, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2012-2013.

 

Representative, FCAD Equipment Committee, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2012-2013.

 

Member, Visioning Committee, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2012-2013.

 

Member, FCAD eLearning and New Media Group, 2012-2013.

 

Member, Masters in Digital Media Program Committee, Ryerson University, 2012.

 

Member, Atkins Award Committee, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2012.

 

Member, Graduate Committee, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University, 2012.

 

Member, Rules of Procedure/Elections & Nomination Committee, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, 2009-2011.

 

Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Communication, Rutgers University,2008-2011.

 

Member, Research Development Committee, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, 2008-2010.

 

 

EDITORIAL

 

Editorial Board, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 2017 - Present

Editorial Board, Mobile Media & Communication, 2012 - Present

 

 

GUEST REVIEWS

 

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ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICE

 

Chair and Member, Nominations Committee. Communication, Information Technology, and Media Sociology Section of the America Sociological Association, 20016-2018.

 

Treasurer, Communication and Information Technologies Section of the America Sociological Association, 2009-2011.

 

Advisor, Doctoral Student Association, School of Communication & Information, Rutgers, 2009-2011.

 

Deputy Director, Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Rutgers University, 2008-2011.