Editorial Staff

Editor

William “Bill” Aspray is the Bill and Lewis Suit Professor of Information Technologies in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a BA and MA in mathematics from Wesleyan University and a PhD in history of science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has taught previously at Harvard, Indiana, Virginia Tech, and Williams universities and the University of Pennsylvania. He has held management positions in the Charles Babbage Institute for the History of Information Processing, the IEEE Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, and the Computing Research Association.

Aspray’s research explores the social, historical, and political aspects of information and information technology. The most recent of his more than 70 articles, 150 oral histories, and 20 books are: The Internet and American Business (ed. with Paul Ceruzzi, MIT Press, 2008), Health Informatics (ed. with Barbara Hayes, MIT Press, 2010), and Everyday Information (ed. with Barbara Hayes, MIT Press, 2011). Forthcoming is the third edition of his mass-market history Computer (written with Martin Campbell-Kelly and Nathan Ensmenger, Westview).

Managing Editor

Heather Graham has more than 12 years’ experience as a professional editor, writer, and marketing consultant. She has worked with clients from diverse fields, including research, government, law, and education. Prior to joining the journal, Mrs. Graham launched a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based marketing and copywriting firm, providing content and consulting services for small business clients. In 2009, she was awarded a trip to London to explore international expansion for her company as part of British Airways’ Face of Opportunity Contest. Mrs. Graham’s ongoing contracts include editing the member magazine of The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, also part of The University of Texas system, and work with Texas Education Service Center, Region XIII.

Mrs. Graham holds a BA in English from Texas A&M University, with an emphasis on technical writing and a history minor. She completed the intensive Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) in New York City, for which she later became an instructor in the marketing section.

 

Editorial Fellow

Jane Gruning is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin studying digital archives. Her particular areas of interest in that field are retrieval of obsolete electronic records and long term digital preservation. She recently presented a project on the retrieval of records from virus-infected 5.25 inch floppy disks at the Society of Southwestern Archivists conference.

Jane holds an MSIS (Master of Science in Information Studies) from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA in Philosophy from Tulane University, and a BA in English Literature from Loyola University in New Orleans.