Gerald Benoît

Gerald Benoît is a Continuing Lecturer at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in information visualization, Critical Theory, and systems analysis, with a focus on design, information retrieval, and social/cultural studies. His teaching includes Data Science 200. Introduction to Data Science Programming and Data Science 209. Data Visualization, which he has instructed repeatedly from 2018 to 2025.

• Email: benoit@ischool.berkeley.edu
• Office Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 3-4 pm Pacific; by appointment

His research integrates information visualization with interdisciplinary frameworks like Habermasian Critical Theory and systems analysis to explore data-driven design and social implications of information systems.