Alec Barrett
Part-time Lecturer
Email
alecbarrett@newschool.edu
Office Location
A - 66 West 12th Street
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Profile
Alec Barrett has taught in the MS Data Visualization program at Parsons since 2019. When he's not teaching, Alec works as a frontend software engineer and manager at Datadog, and was previously the lead developer at TWO-N. He is passionate about civic technology and open data, and is an alum of the Recurse Center.
Degrees Held
A.B., Harvard University
M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Recent Publications
Book Review: Living in Data by Jer Throp, Design and Culture, DOI: 10.1080/17547075.2022.2088195
"The Evolution of the American Census," The Pudding, March 2020. https://pudding.cool/2020/03/census-history/
Performances and Appearances
"Mechanical inspiration for digital design: Lessons from the split-flap board," Information Plus 2018, Potsdam, Germany. https://vimeo.com/306923056
Research Interests
animation, interactivity, civic technology, open data