Communities of Computing () von Thomas J. Misa

Table of Contents / 1. ACM and the Computing Revolution (Thomas J. Misa) / Theme 1: Defining the Discipline / 2. From Handmaiden to 'Proper Intellectual Discipline': Creating a Scientific Identity for Computer Science in 1960s America (Janet Abbate) / 3. George Forsythe, the ACM, and the Creation of Computer Science As We Know It (Joseph November) / 4. Solving a Career Equation: The First Doctoral Women in Computer Science (Irina Nikivincze) / 5. The History and Purpose of Computing Curricula (1960s to 2000s) (Sebastian Dziallas) / Theme 2: Broadening the Profession / 6. 'Deeply Political and Social Issues': Debates within ACM 1965-1985 (Janet Toland) / 7. Organized Advocacy for Professional Women in Computing: Comparing Histories of the AWC and the ACM-W (Amy Sue Bix) / 8. The Development of Computer Professionalization in Canada (Scott Campbell) / 9. The Anatomy of an Encounter: Transnational Mediation and Discipline Building in Cold War Computer Science (Ksenia Tatarchenko) / 10. Concern for the 'Disadvantaged': ACM's Role in Training and Education for Communities of Color 1958-1975 (R. Arvid Nelsen) / Theme 3: Expanding Research Frontiers / 11. Other Places of Invention: Computer Graphics at the University of Utah (Jacob Gaboury) / 12. Framing Computer Security and Privacy, 1967-1992 (Rebecca Slayton) / 13. Hypertext, Digital Libraries, and Beyond: A History of SIGWEB (Inna Kouper) / Bibliography