Dr. William 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 adjunct faculty appointments in the Department of Computer Science and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
His previous experience includes teaching at Harvard, Minnesota, Penn, Rutgers,Williams, and Indiana University. He has also held research and management positions with the Charles Babbage Institute (a historical research center), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the the Computing Research Association.
Dr. Aspray holds a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics and M.A. in mathematics from Wesleyan University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in history of science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Current Research: Working together with George Royer, he is engaged in a project entitled "The Informed Stomach, a Historical and Cultural Study of Food in America. This study draws upon the methods and literatures of information studies, food studies, American studies, cultural history, and the history of technology.