Greg Downey

Greg Downey is a Professor in both the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (where he served as Director from 2009-Present) and the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He enjoys a joint departmental appointment with Geography and an affiliate appointment with History of Science, and is active in the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies and the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture. Downey is also the founding Director of the Internships in the Liberal Arts and Sciences program. His research uses historical and geographical methods to uncover and analyze “information labor” over time and space.