Curriculum Vitae – William F. Aspray, Jr
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Curriculum Vitae – William F. Aspray, Jr. Contact Information Work: Mailing: Department of Information Science University of Colorado Boulder 1045 18th St., UCB 315 Boulder, CO 80309 Office: TLC 252 Email: [email protected] Professional Experience 2016- University of Colorado Boulder Full professor with tenure (also associate department chair, 2016- 17; associate chair of graduate studies, 2017-18), Department of Information Science; affiliate professor, Department of Media Studies (2018- ) 2008-2016 University of Texas at Austin Bill and Lewis Suit Professor of Information Technologies, School of Information (distinguished rank, full professor with tenure); adjunct professor, Department of Computer Science; adjunct professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs 2002-2008 Indiana University, Bloomington Rudy Professor, School of Informatics (full professor with tenure; distinguished rank – conferred 2004; Coordinator of the Human- Centered Informatics Faculty); Adjunct Professor, Computer Science; Adjunct Professor, School of Library and Information Science; Adjunct Professor, History and Philosophy of Science; Fellow, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics; 2004-2005, Special Advisor on IT and Professional Partnerships, Research Development Unit, Office of the Vice President for Research; 2006- 07, seconded as Rudy Professor to the Indianapolis campus of the School of Informatics 2005-2006 University of Colorado Boulder Visiting Scholar (sabbatical from Indiana), ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society) Institute 1996-2002 Computing Research Association Executive Director 1 2002 (Spring) Virginia Tech [Concurrent] Visiting Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies and Political Science/Public Administration, Northern Virginia Center Graduate School 1998 (Fall) University of Pennsylvania [Concurrent] Visiting Lecturer, History and Sociology of Science 1989-1996 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Director, IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering 1990-1996 Rutgers University [Concurrent] Director, Rutgers Center for the History of Electrical Engineering and Member; Graduate Faculty in History; Director of graduate studies in history of technology, medicine, and science 1983-1989 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Associate Director, The Charles Babbage Institute for the History of Information Processing (1989, Acting Director); Adjunct Professor, Graduate Program in the History of Science and Technology 1982-1983 Harvard University Lecturer, Department of History of Science 1980-1982 Williams College Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences Education Ph.D. 1980 University of Wisconsin-Madison History of Science (Minor: Mathematics). Dissertation: From Mathematical Constructivity to Computer Science: Alan Turing, John von Neumann, and the Origins of Computer Science in Mathematical Logic. Dissertation Committee: Victor Hilts (chair), Terry Reynolds, Daniel Siegel, Michael Byrd, Stephen Kleene Additional 1976- University of Toronto Doctoral 77 History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. Faculty Study advisor: Kenneth May Additional 1975- Princeton University Doctoral 76 History and Philosophy of Science. Faculty advisors: Study Thomas Kuhn, Michael Mahoney M.A. 1975 University of Wisconsin-Madison History of Science Thesis: The Communication and Popularization of Science Thesis advisor: Victor Hilts M.A. 1973 Wesleyan University Mathematics. Thesis: Infinite Abelian Group Theory Thesis Advisor: James Reid B.A. 1973 Wesleyan University 2 Major: Mathematics; Minor: Philosophy Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Mathematics High School 1970 Neshaminy High School (Langhorne, PA) Selected Professional Activities Information Research Member, editorial board 2014-present The Information Society Member, Editorial Board 2003-present IEEE Annals of the History Member, Editorial Board 1989-present of Computing Reviews Editor 1986-1989 MIT Press Series on the Co-editor (with Thomas Misa) 2014-present History of Computing Editor 2003-2014 Associate Editor (I.B. Cohen, editor) 1982-2003 Information & Culture: A Editor 2011-2016 Journal of History Member, editorial board 2009-2011 Communications of the Member, editorial board 2007-2017 ACM Co-chair, Viewpoints Section (with 2007-2008 Susanne Hambrusch) Editor, History Column 2007-2017 ACM Job Migration Task Member, Editor, Executive Consultant 2004-2006 Force Rob Kling Center for Fellow, Member of Advisory Board 2003-2008 Social Informatics National Center for Member, Social Science Network 2003-2008 Women & IT Co-chair, Social Science Network 2003-2005 Member, Entrepreneurial Alliance 2006-2010 Consultant 2005-2008 Computing Research Member, Board of Directors 2003-2012 Association USACM (public policy arm Member 2000-2009 of ACM) Member, Council 2009 Member, Subcommittee on Privacy 2009 ACM History Committee Member 2003-2009 IFIP History Committee Member 2002-2014 Computer History Member, Advisory Committee 2000-2012 Museum Member, Fellows Selection 2003, 2004, Committee 2006 Society for Industrial and Chair, Advisory Committee on the 2000-2008 Applied Mathematics History of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computation Smithsonian- Member, Nominating Committee 1996-2004 Computerworld Awards Program US Postal Service Historical Consultant 2002-2005 3 Sam Wyly Historical Consultant 2005-2006 IT History Society Member, Board of Directors 2019-present Chair, Historical Advisory Committee 2006-present Historical Consultant 2006-2009, 2014 Charles Babbage Institute Associate Editor-in-Chief 1983-1992 Reprint Series (MIT Press- Tomash Publishers) Courses Taught (*=undergraduate) University of § quantitative reasoning 1* Colorado Boulder § history of computing and information* § introduction to communication, information, and computing* § computing in society* University of Texas § information in everyday life at Austin § history of privacy § understanding and serving users § oral history theory and practice § introduction to doctoral research and theory II § health information privacy and security § introduction to information studies § information in social and cultural context § disciplinary foundations of information studies § pets and everyday information behavior § perspectives on information § mathematical foundations of information studies § public policy of identity Indiana University § organizational informatics* § Internet and society § social and economic dimensions of the Internet § social aspects of privacy and security § politics of information technology § gender and information technology § geography of high technology § globalization and offshoring of software § digitization and its impact on the media industries* Virginia Tech § politics of information technology University of § history of computing Pennsylvania Rutgers University § US history survey* § Industrial Revolution in America § graduate introduction to history of technology and science § research methods for graduate history students 4 University of § history of computing* Minnesota Harvard University § US computer industry § intellectual history of information* § history of the philosophy of mathematics § history of technology Williams College § multivariate calculus* § mathematical logic and foundations of mathematics* § differential geometry* § history of science survey* § introduction to programming* Doctoral Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised Doctoral students: Texas: Craig Blaha, Angela Newell, Melissa Ocepek (chair), Ivan Watkins, Brandon Wiley (chair) Indiana: Kathryn La Barre Princeton: Frederik Nebeker (external examiner) Penn: Nathan Ensmenger (external examiner) Postdoctoral fellows: Rutgers: Janet Abbate, David Morton, Eric Schatzberg, Hugh Slotten Current Research Projects • Gaining Historical Perspective on Political Fact-Checking in the United States (Paper with James Cortada, submitted to Libres for consideration.) • Where?: Information Studies on Where to Live in America (book, ed. with Melissa Ocepek, in preparation, under contract to Rowman & Littlefield) Books and Book-Length Reports 1. From Mathematical Constructivity to Computer Science: Alan Turing, John von Neumann, and the Origins of Computer Science in Mathematical Logic. Docent Press, a slightly edited reprint of my doctoral dissertation (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980) with new historical introductions by Helena Durnova and me, forthcoming 2020. 2. Historical Studies in Computing, Information, and Society: Insights from the Flatiron Lectures. Ed. Springer history of computing series, 2019. 3. Computing and the National Science Foundation, 1950-2016: Building a Foundation for Modern Computing. ACM Books, 2019 (with Peter Freeman and W. Richards Adrion). 4. Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misrepresentations in America. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019 (with James Cortada). 5 5. From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking: Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015, Springer, 2019 (with James Cortada). 6. Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing: A Historical and Social Study. Springer, 2016. 7. Participation in Computing: The National Science Foundation’s Expansionary Programs. Springer, 2016. 8. Formal and Informal Approaches to Food Policy. Written with George Royer and Melissa Ocepek, Springer Brief Books in Food, Health, and Nutrition, 2014. 9. Food in the Internet Age. Written with George Royer and Melissa Ocepek, Springer Brief Books in Food, Health, and Nutrition, 2013. 10. Digital Media: Technological and Social Challenges of the Interactive