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Bowker is currently Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. He was previously Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego. His PhD is in History and Philosophy of Science at Melbourne University. He studies social and organizational aspects of the development of information infrastructures. Among his many books is Sorting Things Out: Classification and Practice (MIT Press, 1999), with Leigh Star, a book on the history and sociology of medical classifications of nursing work, diseases, viruses and race. He was invited to join the biodiversity subcommittee of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology.

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