Kivalina Grove
Assistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Kivalina Grove has a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Alaska, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Marketing with a specialization in Educational Data Science from the University of Oregon. She previously taught at the University of Manitoba in Canada, has professional experience in small business and nonprofit work, including serving on the board of the Alaska Brain Injury Consortium.
Dr. Grove’s teaching and research focuses on the opportunity to address meaningful and impactful problems that face consumers, businesses, and society alike, with implications for individual and community well-being. Her research is multi-method and community focused, employing interviews, focus-groups, experiments, surveys, and geospatial data analysis, conducted in collaboration with local businesses and governmental agencies.
Education
Ph.D. in Marketing
University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business, 2022
M.S. in Marketing
University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business, 2019
B.S. in Psychology
University of Alaska Anchorage, 2015
Courses
- BBUS 320 Marketing Management – Undergraduate
Research and Scholarship Interests
Practice Theory, Maintenance and Repair, Commons-Based Peer Production, Attitude Formation, Perceived Ownership, Contagion, Persuasion, Brand and Product Relationships.
University of Washington Bothell School of Business
Assistant Teaching Professor – Marketing – 2025 to present
University of Manitoba
Instructor – Marketing – 2023 to 2025
University of Oregon
Instructor – Marketing – 2018 to 2022
Guest Lecturer – Marketing – 2019 to 2021
University of Alaska
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant – Psychology – 2015
Alaska Brain Injury Association
Board Member – 2024 to present
Suzuki Association of Southcentral Alaska
Board President – 2015 to 2018
Neurocognitive Brain Center
Lab Technician – 2009 to 2016
Teaching Awards
- Robin and Roger Best Teaching Excellence Award – 2020
Research & Service Awards
- Claudia B. Lampman Award for Excellence – 2012
- Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award – 2014
- Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation, Behavioral Science Conference of the North – 2014
- Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation, Behavioral Science Conference of the North – 2015
- Robin and Roger Best Award for Doctoral Research – 2019
- Robin and Roger Best Award for Doctoral Research – 2021
- University of Alaska Scholar – 2011 to 2015
- University Honors College Tuition Award – 2011 to 2015
- College Arts and Sciences Tuition Award – 2015
- Undergraduate Research Grant – 2015 – $2,000
- John S. McGowan Memorial Scholarship – 2017 – $1,000
- Merle King Smith Marketing Scholarship – 2017 to 2022 – $8,000
- University of Oregon Resilience Initiative Seed Funding Award – 2020 – $42,382
- National Institute for Transportation and Communities Grant
Suzuki Association of Southcentral Alaska
Board President – 2015 to 2018
Alaska Brain Injury Association
Board Member – 2024 to present
Association for Consumer Research, American Marketing Association, Consumer Culture Theory Consortium, Academy of Marketing Science, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Psi Chi Honor Society.