Johanna Drucker
Professor
Bernard and Martin Breslauer Professor of Bibliography
GSE&IS 203300 North Charles E. Young Drive
Los Angeles , CA 90095-1520
Education
- Ph.D, Ecriture, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
- M.A. Visual Studies, Berkeley, 1982
- B.F.A., Printing, California College of Arts and Crafts,
Teaching and Research Interests
History of the book, alphabet historiography, modeling interpretation for electronic scholarship, digital aesthetics, and the design of information visualization.
Expertise
Select Publications
SpecLab: Digital Aesthetics and Speculative Computing (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009)
Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide, with Emily McVarish (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008).
"Digital Provocations and Applied Aesthetics" Projects in Speculative Computing," Small Tech: The Culture of Digital Tools, Byron Hawk, David M. Rieder, and Ollie Oviedo, eds., (Minneapolis, MN: Univerisity of Minnesota Press, 2008) pp.150-165.
"The Virtual Codex," A Companion to Digital Literary Studies, Ray Siemens, ed. (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007) pp.216-232.
"Quantum Leap: Beyond Literal Materiality," Looking Closer 5, (NY: Allworth Press, 2006) pp.26-31.
"Neon Sigh: Epistemological Refamiliarization," Avant-Post, Louis Armand, ed. Prague: Litteraria Pragensia, 2006; pp71-84.
"Mad Love/Puppy Love," Mad Love, exhibition catalogue essay, Aarken Musuem of Modern Art, (Aarken, Denmark, 2007).
Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005).