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I am a proud advocate of free and open source software (FOSS),
especially its implementation in academia. To that end, I have
written articles for the FreeBSD Journal, contributed to the
FreeBSD Wiki, and given various presentations about topics
related to software freedom.

For the duration of the year 2021, I was part of a competitive
InfoSec networking and cybersecurity training grant cohort with
the Center for Cyber Security Awareness and Cyber Defense at
Marquette University as the only accepted member who was not a
graduate student in the Computer Science Department.

Typically, I do my research and writing inside a custom desktop
configuration. Previously, I used a homogenously Nord Theme setup
that I called “Theological Dotfiles.” I originally wrote the
dotfiles for use with spectrwm, but eventually I pivoted to using
them with “Theology WM,” which is my own custom build of the
suckless project’s dynamic window manager (dwm). Now, I use a
custom build of dwl (a recreation of dwm on Wayland) with the
Dracula colorscheme. Now, I use mangowm, which is based on dwl.

I have multi-year experience with Unix-like operating systems,
including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and GNU/Linux (especially Debian and
EndeavourOS), as well as some shell scripting. See, for example, 
[a phlog post] for a guide to how I like to configure OpenBSD 
with spectrwm on a Lenovo ThinkPad or [another phlog post] 
for a guide to how I like to configure Void Linux with dwl 
on the same.

I am fond of the LaTeX typesetting language. Specifically, I
enjoy the TeX Live distribution with TeXstudio as my current 
front-end of choice for preparing both 
personal and professional documents.

In each of 10 summers, I lead and co-taught Build Your Own
Computer Camp for middle school students at my alma mater,
Marshall School in Duluth, Minnesota.

I hold an FCC amateur radio General class license with the
(vanity) callsign N7CJS.
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Updated on 10 April 2026

© 2026 Corey Stephan, Ph.D.