Christopher Csikszentmihalyi

BIOGRAPHY

Chris Csikszentmihalyi is leading scholar, artist, and designer in the area of information, politics, and communities. Currently launching the new Media Design Matters program at Art Center College of Design, he cofounded and directed the MIT Center for Future Civic Media (C4), which was dedicated to developing technologies that strengthen communities. He also founded the MIT Media Lab''s Computing Culture group. He was a 2005 Rockefeller New Media Fellow, and a 2007 Radcliffe fellow at Harvard.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Cornish College of the Arts 2012 Fine Art
M.F.A. University of California, San Diego 1999 Fine Art
B.F.A. School of the Art Institute, Chicago 1994 Fine Art

WORK INCLUDES

2008
Director, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
2005
Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab
2001
Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab
1999
Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE

(selected)
First Airborne / Naturally Violent, Fringe Exhibitions. Los Angeles, CA. (solo)
12.07
Skin | Control, Location 1 Gallery. New York, New York. (solo)
09.04
Natural Language Processor, Kiasma Museum, Helskinki
01.01

AWARDS INCLUDE

(selected)
Knight Foundation Grant, 3.5m/3 years, 2011
Knight Foundation Grant, 5m/4 years, 2007
Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard University, 2008
Rockfeller New Media Fellowship, 2005
Muriel Cooper Endowed Chair, MIT Muriel Cooper Endowed Chair, MIT 2006-2008

PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE

(selected)
"Engineering Collectives: Technology From the Coop," Limn 5/2012
"The Open Sustainability Project: A Linked Data Approach to LCA." [Abstract & Talk] With Bonanni, Hockenberry, Ebner, Sayan, Zapico, Brandt, Ishii, Turpeinen, and Young. (LCAx).
"Deploying Sourcemap: Case Studies of a Social Tool for Sustainable Design." [Long Paper & Talk] With Bonanni, Hockenberry, and Ishii (CHI).
"Looking for Haitiâ??s Lost, Online: How information technology can streamline Web searches" invited editorial in Columbia Journalism Review

CLASSES

Adv Pract 2:Intrvntns&FldTsts
Adv Practicum: Commnty Engmnt
Design And/As Research
Field Core C
MDM Pract 2:Intrvntns&FldTsts
MDM Practicm 1:Commnty Engmnt
MDM Seminar: Frameworks
MDM Thesis Workshop 2: Deepng
MDM Thesis Workshp 1:Connectg
Technology for Social Change