Dr. Teresa Pierce
Title: Assistant Professor
Research interests: Communication and Digital Culture, Gender and Cultural Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, New Media Theory, Discourse and Technology, Film/Hypertext Narratives.
Supervision Areas: Virtual communities; Gender and identity; Communication and gender; cross cultural analyses; Iran and Iraq women's rights; ICT (limited); Cyberstalking/bullying; Health-related issues.
Biography
Dr. Tess Pierce is an Assistant Professor in Communication at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Pierce's scholarship and research focus on the implications of digital technology and the ways in which people negotiate their cultural identities in order to resolve complex situations when online. The central theme of her research is the production of meaning in every day life. Current projects include research on online support groups for victims of cyber-bullying and cyber-stalking, transdisciplinary research on the interconnectedness of gender, culture, and computer science with user-produced semantic messages in digital formats, and the role of the cyberconduit in global politics.
Dr Pierce is the Faculty Advisor for the student-produced peer-reviewed journal "The Circle@UOIT." She also serves as an advisory faculty for UOIT's Communication and Marketing department and is active in developing community professional development workshops through the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities.
Pierce earned a BA in Speech Communication from Colorado State University, and a MA in Human Communication Studies from the University of Denver. Her Ph.D. is in Women's Studies from Clark University in Massachusetts.
Grants:
2008 Teaching Innovation Fund 7500.00
2008-2009 IBM Faculty Award 15,000.00
