EDUCATION

• Ph.D.,10/77, New York University , Major--Computer Applications to Education. Thesis: An Interaction Study of Reasoning Aptitudes, Model Presence and Methods of Approach in the Learning of a Computer Programming Language.
• M.A., 1/67, The University of Texas at Austin , Major--Experimental Psychology. Thesis: Meaningfulness, Similarity and Percent Occurrence of Response Member in a Paired Associates Learning Task.
• B.A., 8/65, Ohio Wesleyan University , Delaware, OH, Major -- Psychology. Honors thesis: Retention of Visual and Verbal Codes of the Same Stimuli

EMPLOYMENT

• Associate Professor of Computer Science, Southwestern University , 1999 -  present
• Professor of Computer Science, St. Edward's University, 1996 - 1999
• Guest Lecturer , Department of Computer Systems,Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden , Fall 1996
• Associate Professor of Computer Science, St. Edward's University , August 1989- 1996
• Previous Employment

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• Computer Science Curriculum Development, Programming Languages, Software Engineering, Small College Computing Issues, Underrepresented Groups Issues.
• Member, ACM , SIGCSE , since 1968. Vice-Chair SIGCSE 2001-2004, 2004-2007. Member SIGCSE Board 1997-2001, Chair of Local Arrangements for SIGCSE 2000 Symposium, Editor Proceedings of SIGCSE Symposium, 1991. SIGCSE Representative to College Board AP Computer Science Ad Hoc Committee (see the C++ teaching subset for AP) .
• Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges , President 1992 - 1993, Board member 1989-1994, 1995-1996.
• Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member , Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges : South Central Conference , 1990 - 1996, 1997-current.
• Citizen's Ambassador's Program, Computer Science Educators Representative-- Soviet Union and Bulgaria, Summer 1989.

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Recipient Sam Taylor Fellowship, 2003-2004, 2005-2006.
  
• Recipient of Computing Research Association' s Grant for Collaborative Research Experience for Women in Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering   (CREW) , 2001-2002.
• Outstanding Teacher of the Year, School of Natural Sciences, 1994-1995
• Co-principal investigator, NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant "High Performance Workstation Laboratory", 1993
• Coalition Coordinator, NSF Faculty Enhancement Grant, "Project for Undergraduate Computer Science Faculty Enhancement and Materials Development in the Central Texas Region", Nell Dale, The University of Texas at Austin, Principle Investigator.
• Honoree, Austin University YWCA Leadership Luncheon, June 1990
• Member Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honorary, October 2001.

RECENT PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Alice Programming, All-day invited presentation at UnitecNZ, Auckland , New Zealand . 26 January 2006.
• "Building a Sense of History: Narratives and Pathways of Women Computing Educators", with Almstrum, V., Barker, L., et al. inroads - the SIGCSE Bulletin,Volume 37, Number 4, 2005 December, pp. 173-180.
• “Building a Sense of History: Narratives and Pathways of Successful Computing Educators”, with Almstrum, V. and Barker, L. a Working Group Proposal, workshop co-leader at ITiCSE 2005, Lisbon , Portugal
• . “Student Performance Studying Ethics in the Context of Internet Use”, The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 20, No.5, 285-294. Third prize paper for CCSC:Northeastern Conference April 2005.
•  “Teaching Ethics of Internet Use”, Research Roundtable presented at National Educational Computing Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2004.
• “Approaches to Self-Assessment of Computer Science Departments and Programs” with Abunawass, A., Baker, L., Damodaran, M., Whitfield, D. and Bailie, F., panel presented at Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges: South Central Conference, Austin, TX, April 2004,The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 20, No.5, 297.
• “Ethics and the Internet: A Novel Approach to Computer Literacy,”The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 18, No. 4, April 2003, pp. 4-10.
• "Challenges of Teaching in a Small Computing Department", panel organizer and presenter Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges: South Central Conference,The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 18, No. 4, April, 2003, p. 93.
• Review: SAMS teach yourself Java 2 in 21 days by Cadenhead.  Peer reviewed book review published in www.reviews.com, August 2002. In print in ACM Computing Reviews 2002, Vol 43, No.11, pp. 381-382.
• "Challenges of Teaching in a Small Computing Department",    panel organizer and presenter,   (Barbara Boucher Owens, Southwestern University, Bhagyavati, Columbus State University, Barbara Plaut, Maryville College, Kris Powers, Berry College, Robin Snyder, Winthrop University and Ernest McDuffie, NSF). CCSC: Southeastern Conference, Furman University, Greenville, SC, November 8, 2002,The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 18, No. 2, p.198.
• "Ethics and the Internet: An Approach to Computer Literacy," paper presented at Texas Association of Computer  Educators, Corpus Christi, TX, September 27, 2002.
• "Java IDE's: Why and How We Use What We Do",  panel organizer and presenter, (Barbara Boucher Owens,  Delia Marx, Don Slater, Jack Rehder,  Dean Sanders), ACM SIGCSE Bulletin , Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education February 2002, Volume 34 Issue 1. p.213.  Full text on line from CTSC.org.
• The University Perspective: Awarding Credit for Advanced Placement (AP) in Computer Science", panel organizer, and presenter, ACM SIGCSE 2001 : The 32nd Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Charlotte, NC, February 23, 2001.
• Javascript for Educators and Students, Invited presentation,    Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges, Southeastern Conference , Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, November 4, 2000.
• Javascript for Educators and Students , Tutorial presentation, ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2000) , Helsinki, Finland, July 2000
• Interactive Web Programming Ideas for a Non-Majors Course  , with Philip Owens, Workshop Presentation, Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges, South Central Small Conference, Austin, TX, April 16, 1999.
• "C++ Subset for the AP Exam: Why, What and When?" , Society Session, NECC'97 , July, 1997.
• "Introduction to C++ and a Subset of C++ for use in introductory courses", Tutorial presentation, ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '97), Uppsala, Sweden, June, 1997.
• "Changing computer science curricula: planning for the future", Panel Presentation, ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '97), Uppsala, Sweden, June, 1997, pp. 139-140.
• "AP Computer Science Test - C++", Panel presentation, Texas Computer Educators Conference (TCEA), February, 1997.
• "A Study of the Relationship Between Performance in Propositional Logic and Computer Science", with Jonathan Seiler, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual South Central Small College Computing Conference, The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Vol. 11, No. 7, May 1996, pp. 90-93.
• "The Non-Traditional Student in Computing: Characteristics, Needs and Experiences", Panel presentation, ACM SIGCSE Symposium, Nashville,TN, March 1995.
• "New Models for the CS1 Course -- What are They and Are They Leading to the Same Place?", Panel presentation, ACM SIGCSE Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, March 1994.
• "A Comparison of the DPMA & IEEE/ACM Model Curricula", invited presentation, Association for Computer Educators in Texas 1993 Fall Conference, San Antonio, TX, September 1993.
• "Ethics Curricula -- Issues and Suggestions: A Panel Discussion", the National Educational Computing Conference, Orlando, FL, June 1993.