» Dr. Kerk Kee

Assistant Professor

Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Communication Studies

Office:

Doti Hall 205

Office Hours:

Tue. 1-5 p.m. and Thu. 1-3 p.m.

Phone:

714.532.6036

Email:

kee@chapman.edu

Website:

http://www.ekerk.com/

Education

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Bachelor of Science
San Diego State University, Master of Arts
The University of Texas At Austin, Ph.D. in Communication Studies

Biography

 

Kerk F. Kee's (Ph.D. 2010, The University of Texas at Austin) research employs diffusion theory to examine organizational communication technologies and health communication strategies. Specifically, his communication research lies at the intersection of sociotechnical systems (i.e., social media, collaborative cyberinfrastructure, etc.) and virtual organizing (in scientific distributed collaborations, health intervention disseminations, corporate enterprise 2.0 activities, etc.). In 2010-2011, he received a subcontract and participated in a multi-institutional project on family health innovation dissemination funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (PI: Jim Dearing, Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado).

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Stephens, K. K., Murphy, M., & Kee, K. F. (2012). Leveraging multicommunication in the classroom: Implications for participation and engagement. S. O. Ferris (Ed.), Teaching and learning with the Net Generation: Concepts and tools for reaching digital learners (pp. 269-288). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Dearing, J. W. & Kee, K. F. (2012). Historical roots of dissemination science. In Brownson, R. Colditz, G. & Proctor, E. (Eds.), Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kee, K. F., & Thompson-Hayes, M. (2012). Conducting effective interviews about virtual work: Gathering and analyzing data using a grounded theory approach. In S. D. Long (Ed.), Virtual work and human interaction research. Hershey: IGI Global.

Iorio, J., Kee, K. & Decker, M. (2012). Instructional technology training: Developing functional and applied skill sets. In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (pp. 1188-1193). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Browning, L. D., Morris, G. H., & Kee, K. F. (2011). The role of communication in positive organizational scholarship. In Cameron, K. & Spreitzer, G. (Eds.), Handbook of positive organizational scholarship (pp. 566-578). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kee, K. F., Cradduck, L., Blodgett, B., & Olwan, R. (2011). Cyberinfrastructure inside out: Definitions and influencing forces shaping its emergence, development, and implementation. In D. Araya, Y. Breindl & T. Houghton (Eds.), Nexus: New intersections in Internet research (pp. 157-189). New York: Peter Lang.

Kee, K. F., & Browning, L. D. (2010). The dialectical tensions in the funding infrastructure of cyberinfrastructure. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 19 (3-4), 283-308.

Valenzuela, S., Park, N., & Kee, K. F. (2009). Is there social capital in a social network site?: Facebook use and college students' life satisfaction, trust, and participation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(4), 875-901.

Park, N., Kee, K. F., & Valenzuela, S. (2009). Being immersed in social networking environment: Facebook Groups, uses and gratifications, and social outcomes. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12(6), 729-733.

Bird, I., Jones, B., & Kee, K. F. (2009). The organization and management of grid infrastructures. Computer, 42 (1), 36-46.