Research and Teaching Interests:

U.S. History since 1880; History of Science and Technology; Political Economy of Innovation; Communication Networks; Organizational Behavior and Communication; Cultures of Engineering; Internet Governance; Globalization; Standardization and Modularity.

For more on my research and teaching experience, see Publications, Conference Papers, Teaching Experience, and my curriculum vita (updated January, 2009)

See also my efforts to live for a month without google - my March Away From Google

Teaching at Stevens Institute of Technology:

• HHS 125, US History until 1865 (Fall 2009)
• HSS 371, Computers & Society (Fall 2009)
• HHS 130, History of Science and Technology (Fall 2008 & Spring 2009)
• HHS 312, Technology & Society in America (Spring 2009)

Past Lives:

2007-2008: Duke University

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute

2003-2007: The Johns Hopkins University

• Ph.D. History of Science and Technology, 2007
• Dissertation:
  "Industrial Legislatures": Consensus Standardization in the Second and Third Industrial Revolutions
  • Committee: Stuart W. Leslie (Advisor), Louis Galambos, Harry M. Marks, Robert H. Kargon, and Andreas Terzis
    
• Fields of Specialization:
  History of Communication Technologies (with Stuart W. "Bill" Leslie)
  Business and Economic History (with Louis Galambos)

1999-2003: University of Colorado at Boulder

• M.A. History, 2003
• Program Assistant, Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program
• Instructor, Alliance for Technology, Learning & Society (ATLAS)

1997-1999: Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

• Staff Assistant, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project
• Faculty Assistant for Lewis M. Branscomb and Harvey Brooks

1992-1996: Vassar College

• B.A. History, 1996