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The Search for a Missing Scholar Leads to a Sunny L.A. Streetwriting

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  • Publication: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Date: 2009
  • URL: https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-search-for-a-missing-scholar-leads-to-a-sunny-l-a-street/

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    This Chronicle of Higher Education article from 2009 reports on the search for Philip Agre, the UCLA information studies professor who disappeared from academic and public life. The article describes how colleagues and friends tracked Agre's whereabouts to a street in Los Angeles after he had gone missing.

    Agre, who had been a prominent figure in internet studies, AI criticism, and political technology commentary through his Red Rock Eater News Service mailing list, ceased all public communication around 2007-2009. The article documents the concern among his academic community and the eventual discovery of his location.

    This piece is one of the primary journalistic accounts of Agre's disappearance and is frequently cited in subsequent discussions of his legacy and withdrawal from public life.