Associate Professor of Information Systems Technologies
Contact Information:
Office: DV 137L
Phone: 801-395-3553
Email: eswedin@weber.edu
Education:
B.S. in Computer Science, minor in History, Weber State College, 1988.
M.S. in History, Utah State University, 1991.
Thesis: "The Swett Homestead: An Oral History 1909-1970"
Major Professor: F. Ross Peterson
Ph.D in History, Program in the History of Science and Technology, Case Western Reserve University, 1996.
Fields of study: History of Science, History of Medicine, Recent American History (1933-present), Psychology and Religion
Dissertation: "'You are healing souls': A History of Psychotherapy Within the Modern Latter-day Saint Community"
Major Professor: David Van Tassel
Publications (Books):
Under contract: With David L. Ferro. Canticle for a Machine: Interdisciplinary Essays on Science Fiction and Computers. McFarland Books, 2010.
Accepted for publication. When Angels Wept: A Counterfactual History of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Potomac Books, 2009.
With David L. Ferro. Computers: The Life Story of a Technology. Greenwood Press, 2005. Reissued as a paperback by The Johns Hopkins University Press in 2007.
Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2005. [I wrote all 200 entries in this book, which is part of a series.]The Killing of Greybird: A Novel. Cedar Fort, 2004.
Healing Souls: Psychotherapy in the Latter-day Saint Community. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2003.
Publications (Articles):
Submitted. “Using Movies in Information Security Courses.” Journal of Information Systems Education.Submitted. “Not True to the Story: Hacking in Films.” Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction.
Submitted, under revision. “Murray Leinster and ‘A Logic Named Joe’.” The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.
Forthcoming. “Information as a New Paradigm.” World History Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Also contributed thirteen other entries based on my earlier book, Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2005).
Forthcoming. One entry in Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Social, Political, and Military History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. The entry: Mormon Battalion.
"Why OS/2 Failed: Business Mistakes Compounded by Memory Prices." Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics 10 (2009), 28-37.
With David Ferro. “Computer Fiction: ‘A Logic Named Joe:’ Towards Investigating the Importance of Science Fiction in the Historical Development of Computing.” Chapter in History of Nordic Computing 2 (Springer, 2009), 84-94.
With Ed Harris, Matt Harris, and Zhoulin Yu. "The Successful Development and Implementation of a Graduate Certificate in an Undergraduate Program." Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Journal.
"Thiokol in Utah." Utah Historical Quarterly 75:1 (Winter 2007), 64-78.
Three entries in Thaddeus Russell, editor, Encyclopedia of the Home Front: World Wars I and II. ABC-CLIO, 2007. The entries: United Nations; Albert Einstein; and George C. Marshall.
"Designing Babies: A Eugenics Race with China?" The Futurist 40:3 (May-June 2006), 18-21.
Four entries in Aron Hsiao, project editor, United States at War: Understanding Conflict and Society Project (http://www.usatwar.abc-clio.com/). ABC-CLIO, 2005. The entries: Edward Teller, Test Ban Treaty, US Space Program, and Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
With David L. Ferro. "Internet." In Colin A. Hempstead and William E. Worthington, Jr., editors, Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Technology. New York: Routledge, 2005.
"The Open Source Movement." Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop newsletter. June, 2004.
"The History of Computer Hacking Reveals Benevolent Origins." Standard-Examiner, May 31, 2004, page 11A.
"Cyberwar." Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop newsletter. April, 2004.
"Hacking 101." Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop newsletter. February, 2004.
"Sin and Evil: A Commentary on The Paradoxical Nature of Sin." AMCAP Journal 27 (Fall 2002): 76-77.
"Bingham Canyon Physician: Paul Snelgrove Richards, 1892-1958." Utah Historical Quarterly 69:1 (Winter 2001): 60-68.
"Psychotherapy in the LDS Community." AMCAP Journal 25:1 (Fall 2000): 27-39.
Six entries in Stanley Sandler, editor, World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia (Military History of the United States). Garland Publishing, 2000. The entries: Dutch East Indies; Gandhi; Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Historiography of the Pacific War; Imphal and Kohima; India; and the Indian National Army.
"History of Technology Web Sites." Dennis Trinkle, editor, History Highway 2000. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2000. Republished with a co-author in History Highway 3.0. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2002.
"Mariner Space Program." The Sixties in America. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1999.
"Paul Snelgrove Richards, Physician, 1892-1958." American National Biography, ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, 18: 443-444. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
"We're Witnessing Our Own 20th-century Renaissance." Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 12, 1999, page 11A.
"Integrating the Modern Psychologies and Religion: Allen E. Bergin and the Latter-day Saint Example." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 35:2 (Spring, 1999): 157-176.
"'One Flesh:' A Historical Overview of Latter-day Saint Sexuality and Psychology." Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 31:4 (Winter 1998), 1-29. Received the 1998 Dialogue History and Biography Award.
"Perry Prevails: The Battle of Lake Erie." Military History (web edition), April, 1997.
"The Swett Homestead: 1909-1970." Utah Historical Quarterly 62:2 (Spring 1994): 132-148.
United States National Forest Service brochure for the Swett Family Ranch, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Utah. 1990.
Academic Appointments:
Tenured Associate Professor. Information Systems and Technologies, Weber State University. 2007-present.
Interim Chair. Information Systems and Technologies, Weber State University. 2005-2006.
Assistant Professor. Information Systems and Technologies, Weber State University. 2003-2007.
Instructor (full-time). Computer Science Department, Weber State University. 2001-2003.
Adjunct Faculty. History Department, Weber State University. 1997-present.
Graduate Assistant with Mellon Fellowship. Case Western Reserve University. 1991-1996.
Graduate Assistant. Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, Utah State University. 1989-90.
Computer Center Director and Adjunct Faculty. Southern Arkansas Community College. 1988-1989.
Adjunct Faculty. Computer Science Department, Weber State University. 1987-1988, 1989-1991, 1992-1993.
Computer Science Lab Supervisor and Campus Computer Coordinator. Weber State University. 1987-1988.
Presentations:
Panel Organizer and Moderator, "Democracy and the Digital Divide," Ninth Annual Diversity Conference at Weber State University, October 4, 2007.
"History Research." Bountiful Chapter, League of Utah Writers. May 15, 2007.
Panelist, WSU IT Open Town Meeting, "Security vs. Accessibility," November 29, 2006.
"The Portrayal of Hacking in Film and Television", LACon, Los Angeles, August 16, 2006.
"Writing a Historical Novel." First Annual Faculty Forum, Weber State University, February 24, 2005.
"The Future of Open Source." Dalian University of Technology, China. April 30, 2004.
"History Research." Wasatch Writer's Group, League of Utah Writers. May 12, 2003.
"Healing Souls: Psychology and Mormonism." Weber Historical Society, Weber State University. March 22, 1999.
"History of the Swett Family Ranch." Inauguration of the Swett Family Ranch, Greendale, Utah. May 29, 1991.
Professional Activities:
Editorial Board, AMCAP Journal. 2001-2005.
Member, Deseret Hospital Committee (This Is The Place State Park), 2003.
Certifications:
Computer Forensics, June 2004.
Reviews:
Review of "Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness" for SFFAudio.com, July 2008.
Richard P. Tucker and Edmund Russell, editors. Natural Enemy, Natural Ally: Toward an Environmental History of War (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2004). Reviewed for H-War (http://www.h-net.org/reviews/).
Russell K. Skowronek and Charles R. Ewen editors. X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy (New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology) (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006). Reviewed for H-Maritime (http://www.h-net.org/reviews/).
Allen E. Bergin. Eternal Values and Personal Growth: A Guide on Your Journey to Spiritual, Emotional, and Social Wellness (Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 2002) in AMCAP Journal 28 (Fall 2003): 41-43.
Daniel K. Judd, editor. Religion, Mental Health, and the Latter-day Saints (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1999) in AMCAP Journal 26 (Fall 2002): 57.
Professional Peer Reviews:
Pre-revision review for Bedford / St. Martin's: Padraic Kenney, The World in 1989: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford, 2009).
Chapter on Implementing a Security Awareness Program in Hossein Bidgoli, editor, The Handbook of Technology Management (Wiley, forthcoming).
Reviewed in 2007 for Oxford University Press: Jerry H. Bentley, Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times (Oxford University Press, 1993).
Reviewed in 2007 for Oxford University Press: William R. Keylor, The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900 (Fifth edition, Oxford University Press, 2006).
Chapters on Trojan Horses and Anti-Virus Software in Hossein Bidgoli, editor, Handbook of Information Security (Wiley, 2005).
Chapter on Worms and Viruses in Hossein Bidgoli, editor, The Handbook of Computer Networks (Wiley, 2007).
"1st Edition UNIX: Its Creation and Restoration," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. (November 2008)
"The Technical Development of Internet Email," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.
"UBISCO - Analysis of a Failure," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.
Awards and Honors:
Honors Eccles Fellow, 2010-11.
Received two Outstanding Student Awards from Weber State University, 1988 (one from the Alumni Association and the other from the Computer Science Department).
Member, Phi Alpha Theta, 1992.
"Murray Leinster Project" (with David Ferro) - $4,452, Hemingway Fund, Spring 2006.
"Next Generation Networking Instruction" - $4,980, Academic Resources and Computing Committee (ARCC), Spring 2005.
"Participate in the USG Asia Council's Faculty Development Seminar on Forces of Globalization: Culture and Technology in India" - $2,960, GSBE Faculty Vitality Fund, Spring 2005.
"Lampros Hall Information Technology Display" (with David Ferro and numerous others) - $5,000, Spring 2005.
"Open Source Development" - $2,400, GSBE Faculty Vitality Fund, Fall 2004.
"Lampros Hall Information Technology Display - Display Cases" (with David Ferro and numerous others) - $6,000, Spring 2004.
"Computer History Museum" (with David Ferro) - $1,320, Hemingway Fund, Spring 2004.
"Computer Forensics Development" - $4,500, GSBE Faculty Vitality Fund, Fall 2003.
Committee Assignments:
GSBE Ethics Task Force, Fall 2007 to present.
GSBE Assurance of Learning Committee, October 2006 - present.
WSU LYNX Team, May 2006 - present.
WSU Information Security Task Force, March 2006 - present.
WSU ARCC Committee, 2005 - present.
WSU APAFT Subcommittee on Copyright and Intellectual Property issues, Spring 2006.
WSU Information Systems Outage Investigation Committee, Fall 2005.
Social Science General Education Assessment, Fall 2005 - present.
IST BITS/BAP club advisor, 2003-2005.
Research Vitality, Goddard School of Business and Economics, 2003 - 2007.
Concurrent Enrollment, Computer Science Department, 2001-2003.
Numerous faculty and staff search committees.