Shirine M. Repucci papers, 2003-2004
0.5 linear feet
Shirine M. Repucci served as Coordinator of MichNet recruitment for Merit Network, and wrote a Master's thesis at Eastern Michigan University, entitled "Women's Role in the Development of the Internet and the Social Movement They Propelled." Collection includes tape recordings and typed transcripts of interviews with staff from Merit Network, and National Science Foundation NSFNet, as well as Repucci's Master's thesis.
The Repucci Collection consists of three series relating to her research on women's roles in the development of the internet: interviews on cassette tape; transcripts of these interviews, along with consent forms; and Repucci's Master's thesis based on the interviews, entitled, "Women's Role in the Development of the Internet and the Social Movement They Propelled."
The following were interviewed by Repucci:
- Eric Aupperle, Director of Merit from 1974-2001
- Jane Caviness, Program Director, NSFNet
- Elise Gerich, Associate Director for National Networking at Merit
- Susan Hares, Internet Engineer at Merit, 1988-2001
- Ellen Hoffman, Manager of User Services at Merit
- Jo Ann Ward, Computer Systems Consultant at Merit, 1988-
- Stephen Wolff, Division Chief, NSFNet
- Jessica Yu, co-Principle Investigator at Merit; Engineer, NSFNet