Cal Newport

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Cal Newport
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
EmployerGeorgetown University
Websitecalnewport.com

Calvin C. Newport is an American nonfiction author and full time professor of computer science at Georgetown University.[1]

Background and education

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Newport grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, and graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School in 2000.[2][3]

Newport completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College in 2004 and received a Ph.D. in computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 under Nancy Lynch.[4][5] He was a post-doctoral associate in the MIT computer science department from 2009–2011. His grandfather, John Newport, was a Baptist minister and theologian.[6]

Career

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Newport joined Georgetown University as an assistant professor of computer science in 2011, was granted tenure in 2017, and was promoted to full professorship in 2024. His work focuses on distributed algorithms in challenging networking scenarios and incorporates the study of communications systems in nature.[7] Newport is currently Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science[8] at Georgetown University and the author of eight books.[9]

Attention management

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See also: Attention management

Newport started Study Hacks blog in 2007 where he writes about "how to perform productive, valuable and meaningful work in an increasingly distracted digital age".[10]

Newport used the term deep work, previously used in a psychological [11] or religious sense,[12] in his book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (2016). Newport uses it to refer to studying or working for focused chunks of time on intellectually skilful tasks without distractions such as email and social media.[13] He challenges the belief that participation in social media is important for career capital.[14]

In 2017, he began advocating for "digital minimalism."[15] In 2021, he began referring to the role email and chat[16] play in what he calls "the hyperactive hive mind".[17]

In addition to his blog and newsletter, he is the creator of a regular podcast about productivity and knowledge working.[18]

Books

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  • How to Win at College (Crown, 2005) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • How to Become a Straight-A Student (Crown, 2006) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  • So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion In The Quest For Work You Love (Grand Central Publishing, 2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Portfolio, 2019) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Time-Block Planner (2020)
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  • A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload (Portfolio, 2021) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout (Portfolio, 2024) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

References

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  3. ^ "College-Bound Dot-coms", U.S. 1 (newspaper), May 23, 2000. Accessed February 1, 2025. "Cal Newport is headed to Dartmouth.... Newport and his friend Michael Simmons, both seniors at Hopewell Valley High School, started the firm last year."
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  5. ^ Newport, Calvin. Curriculum Vitae. https://people.csail.mit.edu/cnewport/pubs/CalvinNewportCV.pdf
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  11. ^ Ecker, Bruce. "Overt statements for deep work in grief therapy." Techniques of Grief Therapy. Routledge, 2012. 152–154.
  12. ^ Douglas, Scott M. "Developing leaders for pastoral ministry." Journal of Applied Christian Leadership 8.2 (2014): 84–90.
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