Nick Montfort

American digital media professor
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Nick Montfort was born in 1972.[1] He holds United States citizenship. He is a computer scientist, media scholar, university teacher, and poet.[2][3]

He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Texas at Austin.[4] He has been employed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007–present).[4][5][6] He has also been employed by the University of Bergen (2019–2021) and the University of Bergen (2022–present).[4][5][6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Occupation: programmer[8]
  • Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology[9], University of Bergen[10]
  • Educated at: University of Pennsylvania[11], Boston University[12], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13], University of Texas at Austin[14]
  • Doctoral advisor: Mitchell Marcus[15], Gerald Prince[16]
  • Sex or gender: male[17]
  • Doctoral student: Pierre Depaz[18]
  • Family name: Montfort[19]
  • Given name: Nick[20]
  • Official website: https://nickm.com/[21]
  • Participant in: FILE São Paulo 2014 - No Rastro Digital[22]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: FILE GLAM-Wiki[24]
  • Social media followers: 3999[25], 3714[26], 1097[27], 1106[28], 1118[29]

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include The Help File[30], a creative work[31]; Hard West Turn: 2018 Edition[32], a creative work[33]; Golem[34], a creative work[35]; Book and Volume[36], a creative work[37]; Hard West Turn: NanoGenMo Edition[38], a creative work[39]; and Small Machines Making Words[40], a creative work[41].

His notable doctoral advisees include Pierre Depaz[42].

FAQs

What did Nick Montfort do for work?

Nick Montfort worked as a computer scientist[2], media scholar[3], university teacher[4], poet[5], and author[6].

Where did Nick Montfort go to school?

Nick Montfort was educated at University of Pennsylvania[11], Boston University[12], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13], and University of Texas at Austin[14].

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  5. [13] ↑ . nickm.com. Retrieved . nickm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . nickm.com. Retrieved . nickm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [4] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . nickm.com. Retrieved . nickm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . nickm.com. Retrieved . nickm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [22] ↑ . archive.file.org.br. Retrieved . archive.file.org.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [24] ↑ . archive.file.org.br. Retrieved . archive.file.org.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  7. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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