History of Computer Dating

July 23, 2016 #media

National Geographic has produced an excellent series on the history of sex and sexuality. As part of that series, they ran an episode on sex and technology. If you watch closely, you can see me talking about the history of computer dating.

I first developed this history for a lectured called “Love and Sprockets” that I developed for my I202: Introduction to Social Informatics course. It turns out IU holds a special place in this history.

Nathan Ensmenger is an Associate Professor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University, where he also recently served as the Chair of the Informatics department.

He specializes in the social and labor history of computing, gender and computing, and the relationship between computing and the environment.

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History of Computer Dating

Professor Nathan Ensmenger