Barbara Boucher Owens Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science PhD, New York University MA, The University of Texas at Austin BA, Ohio Wesleyan University Location: MBH 142b Phone: 512-863-1571 Math/Computer Science Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Associate Professor of Computer Science, Southwestern University, 1999 - present, part-time 1988-1989 St. Edward's University, Professor of Computer Science, 1989 - 1999 Guest Lecturer, Department of Computer Systems,Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Fall 1996 Mercy College, Professor of Computer Science, 1978-1989 Brooklyn College, Instructor of Computer Science, 1971-1977   CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Recipient Sam Taylor Fellowship, 2003 Recipient of Computing Research Association's Grant for Collaborative Research Experience for Women in Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering (CREW), 2001-2002 St. Edward's University Outstanding Teacher of the Year, School of Natural Sciences, 1994-1995   RESEARCH AREAS Computer Science Curricula, Computer Human Interactions, Computer Ethics   REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS "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 at Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, in The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 18, No. 4, April, 2003, p. 93. "Java IDE's: Why and How We Use What We Do", panel organizer and presenter, 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.   MORE INFORMATION Personal Web Site Vice-chair of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), 2001-2004, 2004-2007 Co-Founder and Steering committee member, Consortium for Computing in Colleges: South Central Conference.