Kathleen Pine

Kathleen H. Pine is an Associate Professor in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist whose research spans health informatics, human-computer interaction (HCI), organizational science, and science and technology studies (STS). Her core research focuses on "data practices," investigating the specific social, technical, and organizational practices by which data are created, managed, and utilized in healthcare and community health. She also examines the social and organizational impacts of digital information technologies. Professor Pine's work explores how data-driven technologies reshape healthcare work, the emergence of new data work professions, the "work" burden on patients in complex medical systems, and public risk assessment behaviors during public health crises. Her research is published in top venues like ACM CHI, CSCW, and Academy of Management Journal, and has been funded by organizations such as the National Science Foundation.

• Present·Arizona State University·Associate Professor
  • Teaches and conducts research in health informatics, focusing on data practices, medical information technology, and its social and organizational impacts.
• 2013-2014·Intel Labs·Postdoctoral Research Engineer
  • Conducted research in the Cultural Transformation Lab as part of the User Experience Research (UXR) group.
• ~2011-2013·University of California-Irvine·Assistant Project Scientist
  • Conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Informatics, working on projects related to human-computer interaction and organizational science.

• - | University of California-Irvine | Ph.D. in Social Ecology
  • Focus: Environmental Analysis and Design
• - | The Ohio State University | B.A. in Psychology
  • Major: Psychology, Minor: Natural Resources Management