After that role, Kearl served as an associate academic vice president (AAVP) at BYU from 1989 to 1991.

[2] From 1991 to 1994, Kearl served as a member of the United States Census Bureau Advisory Board on Population Statistics.

Kearl previously served as board chair of the Food and Care Coalition.

A few years after the dedication of the BYU Jerusalem Center, Kearl, at the time, a BYU AAVP at the time, became the assistant to the university president to oversee the center and he remains in that position playing a key role in its ongoing success and operation.

[5] In this capacity, Kearl has served as an expert witness on several prominent cases including Oracle v. Google and Apple v.