User:Vipul/Cal Newport

Calvin (Cal) Newport is an assistant professor in the department of computer science at Georgetown University, the author of three How to books targeted at high school and college students, author of So Good They Can't Ignore You, and author of the Study Hacks blog.

Newport has been profiled and interviewed by The Tech, MIT's student newspaper, and has also written an op-ed for The New York Times.

Academic career
Newport completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College in 2004 and received a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2009 in computer science. He then spent two years as a post-doctoral associate at the MIT computer science department. In 2011, he joined Georgetown University as an assistant professor of computer science.

How to Win at College
Newport's first book, How to Win at College, was published by Random House in 2005. This book provided general advice for getting the most out of one's college experience, including academics, extracurricular activities, and networking with friends. Newport's alma mater, Dartmouth College, invited him to write an article for the undergraduate advising and research website describing the key findings of his book. The book has been included in many lists of resources for college students and has also been reviewed favorably in many outlets.

How to Become a Straight-A Student
Newport's second book, How to Become a Straight-A Student, was published by Random House in 2006. Unlike its predecessor, this book was narrowly focused on achieving academic success in college. The book was included in many resource lists for college students and was reviewed favorably by many bloggers.

How to Be a High-School Superstar
Newport's third book, How to Be a High-School Superstar, was published by Random House in 2010. This book focused on explaining a "relaxed superstar" strategy to high school students that would allow them both to shine in college admissions and to have a less stressful high school life. The book was reviewed by Ben Casnocha (who was profiled in the book, and is famous for co-authoring The Startup of You with LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman). It was also reviewed elsewhere. Steve Hargadon interviewed Newport about the book.

So Good They Can't Ignore You
Newport's fourth and latest book, So Good They Can't Ignore You, was published by Grand Central Publishing, a division of the Hachette Book Group USA, in 2012. The book was included in several lists of best books of the year, including lists by Inc. magazine, The Globe and Mail, and 800-CEO-Read. Newport also wrote an op-ed for the New York Times summarizing the themes of the book. Newport also presented his book at Google as part of the Authors@Google series. The book was also reviewed, generally favorably, by many bloggers.

The book was also reviewed multiple times on Forbes, including by Laura Shin and Richard Eisenberg.

The arguments Newport elaborates on in the book (though not the book itself) have been mentioned and attributed to Newport in a Wall Street Journal article.

Media coverage
Newport has written an op-ed for the New York Times. He has also written blog posts for the Wall Street Journal on the subject of college, education, learning, and achieving excellence at one's job. In addition, he has been cited as an expert in mainstream media news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal. Newport was also interviewed by Dan Schawbel for Forbes.