John P. Bell

Most Recent Affiliation(s):

• Dartmouth College

ISEA Bio(s) Available:

• ISEA2022

  John Bell is a software developer and artist at Dartmouth College. His work there includes acting as Director of the Data Experiences and Visualizations Studio, Associate Director of the Media Ecology Project, Manager of Dartmouth Research Computing’s Digital Humanities Program, and teaching as a Lecturer in Film and Media Studies. His research focuses on collaborative creativity and has produced everything from utilitarian semantic web publishing platforms to aggressively useless installation art. In addition to his work at Dartmouth, he is Assistant Professor of Digital Curation at the University of Maine, where he teaches the preservation and presentation of digital media, and Senior Researcher for the Still Water Lab. He holds one of what is believed to be the first three collaborative doctoral degrees ever conferred in the United States, the other two of which are held by the co-authors of their collective dissertation on collaboration in the arts.

  ISEA2010

  John Bell is a Senior Researcher at the University of Maine’s Still Water Lab and a Senior Developer at the Variable Media Network. His recent work focuses on areas including distributed knowledge systems, credibility in anonymous environments, and interdisciplinary design patterns.

Last Known Location:

• Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America