Alexander R. Galloway is an author and associate professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

. He has a Bachelors Degree in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

, and a Ph.D. in Literature from Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 in 2001. Galloway's research interests include media theory and contemporary philosophy. Galloway is also a programmer and artist. He is a founding member of the Radical Software Group (RSG), and his art projects include Carnivore and Kriegspiel (based on a war game designed by Guy Debord).

Writings

• Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization, MIT Press, 2004. ISBN 0-262-07247-5
• Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture. ISBN 0-8166-4851-4
• The Exploit: A Theory of Networks, coauthored with Eugene Thacker
  Eugene Thacker
  Eugene Thacker is an author and associate professor at The New School in New York. Thacker is known for his work in philosophy, media theory, and the study of genre horror and science fiction. In addition to his writing on science and technology, Thacker has written on the work of Georges Bataille,...
  
  . University of Minnesota Press
  University of Minnesota Press
  The University of Minnesota Press is a university press that is part of the University of Minnesota.Founded in 1925, the University of Minnesota Press is best known for its books in social and cultural thought, critical theory, race and ethnic studies, urbanism, feminist criticism, and media...
  
  , 2007. ISBN 978-0-8166-5044-6

External links

• Alex Galloway site
• NYU: Alex Galloway
• Rhizome: Alex Galloway
• Radical Software Group
• Leper Creativity, panel discussion with Nicola Masciandaro and Eugene Thacker, The New School, March 2011
• French Theory Today - A Public School Seminar (2010)
• Interview (2006)
• Gaming by Alex Galloway (2006)
• Sovereignty and the State of Emergency (with Eugene Thacker, 2005)
• Interview (2004)
• The Limits of Networking (with Eugene Thacker, 2004)
• Michael Samyn interviewed by Alex Galloway