Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin Area
- Current
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- Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Past
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- Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Minnesota
- Graduate Teaching Assistant at Johns Hopkins University
- Lead Programmer at Northwestern University - Institute for Learning Sciences
- Information Systems Analyst at Leo Burnett
- Education
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- The Johns Hopkins University
- Northwestern University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Connections
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- Industry
- Higher Education
- Websites
Greg Downey’s Summary
I'm a US-based historian and geographer of technology, employed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2001 in two departments at once: Journalism & Mass Communication and Library & Information Studies. I also have a joint departmental appointment with Geography and an affiliate appointment with History of Science. My area of research and teaching is the history and geography of information & communication technology, especially the often hidden labor behind such technology.
Greg Downey’s Specialties:
historical and geographical research and writing, classroom education and course design, educational technology and multimedia, software programming and systems analysis
Greg Downey’s Experience
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Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
2001 — Present (8 years)
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Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Minnesota
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
Johns Hopkins University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
1995 — 2000 (5 years)
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Lead Programmer
Northwestern University - Institute for Learning Sciences
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1992 — 1995 (3 years)
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Information Systems Analyst
Leo Burnett
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years)
Greg Downey’s Education
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The Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. , History of Technology; Human Geography , 1995 — 2000
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Northwestern University
M.A. , Liberal Studies , 1992 — 1995
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. , Computer Science , 1988 — 1989
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS , Computer Science , 1985 — 1987
Additional Information
Greg Downey’s Websites:
Greg Downey’s Interests:
information labor, university education, social justice, economic globalization, urban sustainability, political economy, networked media, speculative fiction, gaming culture, tools for activism, giant robots
Greg Downey’s Groups:
Society for the History of Technology, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, American Federation of Teachers
Greg Downey’s Honors:
UW-Madison William H. Kiekhofer Distinguished Teaching Award, 2007
Greg Downey’s Contact Settings
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