Her articles have appeared in print and online venues ranging from Black Enterprise to Blogher.com. and Her research on computing diversity and civic engagement has garnered support from Microsoft and the National Science Foundation.In 2000, Pearson was named New Jersey ’s CASE Professor of the Year bythe Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Pearson holds an AB in Politics from Princeton University and an MA injournalism from New York University . She is a member of the ASALH Advisory Board as well as the DigitalJournalism Task Force of the National Association of Black Journalists.