Alexander R. Galloway is a writer and computer programmer working on issues in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation.

Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, he is the author of several books on digital media and critical theory, including Uncomputable (Verso, 2021) and The Interface Effect (Polity, 2012).

Galloway’s collaboration with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark, Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation, was published by the University of Chicago Press. With Jason E. Smith, Galloway co-translated the Tiqqun book Introduction to Civil War (Semiotext[e], 2010). For several years he has worked with RSG on Carnivore, Kriegspiel, and other software projects.

Galloway is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Berlin Prize, and the Prix Ars Electronica. Galloway’s writings have been translated into eleven languages. The New York Times has described his practice as “conceptually sharp, visually compelling, and completely attuned to the political moment.”

A member of the NYU faculty since 2002, Galloway has also held visiting professorships at the University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2012) and Harvard University (Fall 2016). During 2019-2020 he was a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study.