Rate My Professor Warren Sack

Sack specializes in media theory, software studies, history and philosophy of science and technology, science and technology studies, and software design for online public space and public discussion. He authored the book The Software Arts (MIT Press, 2019), offering an alternative history of computing that centers the arts. Key publications include "Conversation Map: A Content-based Usenet Newsgroup Browser" (2000), "Navigating Very Large-Scale Conversations" (2000), and papers on open source software design, information visualization, and digital aesthetics. His artwork has been exhibited at the ZKM Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe, Germany), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Honors include fellowships at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (2015 and 2016), American Council of Learned Societies Digital Innovation Fellowship (2012–2013), and principal investigator on National Science Foundation grants such as "Interface and Search Engine for Deliberation" (2004–2010, $299,937) and "Peer Review for Scientific Testimony" (2009–2011, $387,400). Sack has supervised 23 MFA theses and 8 PhD dissertations as primary advisor, with alumni in faculty positions at Wesleyan University, The New School, and researcher roles at Google.