Doug Dechow

Doug Dechow is the Science Librarian and an Adjunct Professor of English at Chapman University. Doug is co-author of a book about the Smalltalk programming language entitled Squeak: A Quick Trip to ObjectLand. Doug and Chapman English Professor Anna Leahy also co-write Lofty Ambitions blog, and they are working on a book based on their experience of following the end of the space shuttle program. Together, Doug and Anna have previously published in the Smithsonian’s Air & Space magazine, the BBC Online, and Chapman Magazine. Doug earned his master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a doctorate in Computer Science from Oregon State University.