Education
Pinkett graduated from Hightstown High School in Hightstown, New Jersey. Pinkett attended Rutgers University from 1989 to 1994, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. Pinkett is the first African American from Rutgers to become a Rhodes Scholar. Pinkett went on to attend the University of Oxford from 1994 to 1996, earning a Master of Science in computer science. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1996 to 1998, graduating with a second Master of Science, this time in electrical engineering, and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He continued his education at MIT, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in media arts and sciences from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2001. Pinkett's PhD thesis was titled "Creating Community Connections: Sociocultural Constructionism and an Asset-Based Approach to Community Technology and Community Building."
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