Professor Sack’s area of research is social computing. Work in social computing explores two issues: (A) How can the insights of social theory be incorporated into and used to critique and evaluate software? (B) How can new media be designed to address social problems? Current and past projects include new technologies for the news, Open Source software development, locative media, computer-supported translation, systems for visualizing and facilitating online discussions, and the design and analysis of learning environments. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and, the ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany. Before joining the faculty at UC Santa Cruz, Dr. Sack was an assistant professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information where he directed the Social Technologies Research Group. He has also been a research scientist at the MIT Media Laboratory, and a research collaborator in the Interrogative Design Group at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Dr. Sack earned a B.A. from Yale College (Computer Science and Psychology) and an S.M. and Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory.