Philip Agre

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
MS, Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983
BS., Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Maryland, 1979

Research Interests

Information technology and institutional change; technology and privacy; genre theory; linguistic aspects of computing; Internet culture.

Current Academic Year Courses

Information Studies 200 -- Information in Society.
Examination of processes by which information and knowledge are created, integrated, disseminated, organized, used, and preserved. Topics include history of communication technologies, evolution of literacy, development of information professions, and social issues related to information access."

Information Studies 270 -- Introduction to Information Technology.
Introduction to theories and principles of information technologies. Topics include social issues of information technologies and design and development of information systems. Background for further studies in information retrieval and design and maintenance of information systems.

Recent Publications

Information in Society, System Design Real-time politics: The Internet and the political process, The Information Society 18(5), 2002, pages 311-331.

Cyberspace as American culture, Science as Culture 11(2), 2002, pages 171-189.

Changing places: Contexts of awareness in computing, Human-Computer Interaction 16(2-4), 2001, pages 177-192.

The market logic of information, Knowledge, Technology, and Policy 13(1), 2001, pages 67-77.

Commodity and community: Institutional design for the networked university, Planning for Higher Education 29(2), 2000, pages 5-14.