CURRICULUM VITAE

BARBARA BOUCHER OWENS

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

• Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
• 2012 - present Emeritus Faculty Member, Southwestern University
• 1999 - 2012  Associate Professor of Computer Science, Southwestern University,
• 1988 - 1989  Part-time instructor (fall), Visiting professor (spring) 
• St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
• 1996 - 1999 Professor of Computer Science
• 1989 - 1996 Associate Professor of Computer Science, 
• 1988 - 1989 Adjunct faculty  
• Uppsala University, Department of Computer Systems, Uppsala, SwedenGuest Lecturer, Fall 1996
• Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY 
• 1985 -1988 Tenured Professor in Computer Science
• 1982 - 1985 Associate Professor in Computer Science 
• 1978 - July 1979 Adjunct Faculty in Computer Science

• City University of New York (CUNY) Feb. 1979 - July 1979 Instructor in Computer Science, Day Top Drug Rehabilitation Center, Parksville, NY
• Peekskill High School, Peekskill, NY
  October 1977 - June 1978 Substitute Teacher -- all subjects
• Brooklyn College City University of New York
  Sept. 1971 - Aug. 1977 Instructor in Computer Science
  Sept. 1970 - Aug. 1971 Instructor in Psychology, graduate/undergraduate
• IBM Corporation, Systems  Feb. 1967 - Aug. 1970 Research Staff Member, Systems and Procedures Analyst, Computer Assisted Instruction

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) member since 1968

• ACM History Committee
• Chair 2018-present, member since 2015
  
• Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) member since 1968
• Chair 2007-2010, Immediate Past Chair 2010-2013
• Vice Chair 2001-2007
• At large board member 1997-2001
• Chair of Local Arrangements for SIGCSE 2000 Symposium
• Editor Proceedings of SIGCSE Symposium, 1991
• SIGCSE Representative to ACM Education Council 2006-2015
• ACM SIG Governing Board Executive Committee 2009-2016
• SGB representative to ACM Council 2014-2016
• SGB representative to US Public Policy Council (USACM) 2012-2014
• ACM Council on Women 2006 - 2015
• Special Interest Group in Computers and Society,
•  representative to ACM Education Council 2015- 2017
• nominating committee 2015
• current mamber
  

• 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, 1997-2008

• Chair, Academic Advisory Board 2011
• Member Academic Advisory Board 2009-2010, 2012 -2015

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Recipient SIGCAS Outstanding Service Award 2021
  
• Recipient, SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community, 2016
• Distinguished Educator, Association for Computing Machinery, 2012
• Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery, 2009
• Principal Investigator NSF Grant 0710536 -- $40,000, "Planning Grant: Computing Educators Oral History Project," February 2007-January 2008.

• 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, but now called CRA-WP under umbrella CREU) 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.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

1. ALMSTRUM, V. L., APPLIN, E. G., OWENS, B. B., ADAMS, E., BARKER, L. J., IMPAGLIAZZO, J., JOSEPH, P. A., KAHLON, A., LAST, M. Z., LAWRENCE, A., AND YOUNG, A., "Computing Educators Oral History Project: Seeking the trends" , bibl. SIGCSE Bull. 40, 4 (Nov. 2008), 122-141. DOI= doi.acm.org/10.1145/1473195.1473238, (2008). Working Group Report Published
2. ALMSTRUM, V. L., BARKER, L. J., OWENS, B. B., ADAMS, E., ASPRAY, W., DALE, N. B., DANN, W., LAWRENCE, A., AND SCHWARTZMAN, L., "Building a Sense of History: Narratives and Pathways of Women Computing Educators" , bibl. SIGCSE Bulletin 37, 4 (Dec. 2005), 173-189. DOI = doi.acm.org/10.1145/1113847.1113895, (2005). Working Group Report Published
3. ALMSTRUM, V. L., AND OWENS, B.B., "Using Oral Histories in Curricular Planning" , bibl. Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Portland, OR, USA, March 12-15, 2008. ACM, New York, NY, 564. portalparts.acm.org.ezproxy.lib.uts., (2008). birds-of-a-feather Published
4. BARKER, L.J. ALMSTRUM, V.L., AND OWENS, B.B., "Women in Computing Education Oral History Project" , bibl. Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Houston, TX. 3-5 March 2006. p. 576. Online: portalparts.acm.org.ezproxy.lib. uts.edu.au/1130000/1, (2006). birds-of-a-feather Published
5. GABBERT,P.OWENS, B.B., BAIR, B., STEPHENSON, C., COHOON, J.M., AND TOWNSEND, G.C. ACM-W's new programs for recruiting and retaining women in computing. March 2007. SIGCSE '07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, v. 39,246-247. Special Session Published
6. OWENS, B.B., "Computing Educators Oral History Project" , bibl. NCWIT News & Events Blog, 24 April 2007. Online: ncwit.org/news.blog.php?source=calendar&action=display&editorial_id=191& year=2007&month=4, (2007). blog entry Published
7. OWENS, B.B., "Abbreviated oral history interview training" , bibl. Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, 22(4), p. 220. [Eighteenth Annual CCSC South Central Conference, Midwestern State University, April 27-28, 2007, Wichita Falls, TX.] Online:, (2007). Tutorial presentation Published
8. OWENS, B.B., "Pathways and Journeys: Interviews with Computing Educators Spanning Continents, Generations and Gender" , bibl. SET4W/NACI Symposium: Changing perceptions of Women in SET. Pretoria, South Africa, 25 June 2008, (2008). Keynote presentation Available only on protected website
9. OWENS, B.B., "Pathways and Journeys: Interviews with Computing Educators Spanning Continents, Generations and Gender" , bibl. NACCQ 2008, The 21st Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications. Auckland, New Zealand. 4-7 July 2008., (2008). Keynote presentation Only available on the conference website
10. OWENS, B.B., "Computing Educators Oral History Project" , bibl. Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, (2008). Math/CS Departmental Seminar Department internal
11. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., AND BARKER, L.J., "Women in Computing Education Oral History Project: Oral History Interview Training" , bibl. Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Houston, TX. 3-5 March 2006. p. 566. Online: portalparts.acm.org.ezproxy.lib. uts.edu.au/1130000/1, (2006). Book Published
12. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., AND BARKER, L.J., "Making Waves: Computing Educators Oral History Project" , bibl. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. San Diego, CA. 4-7 October 2006, (2006). Poster Published
13. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., AND BARKER, L.J., "CEOHP: Computing Educators Oral History Project" , bibl. The 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Covington, KY, 7-10 March 2007. Online: www.cs.virginia.edu/~asb/nsfcclishowcase/2007/, (2007). NSF Showcase / poster Published
14. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., AND BARKER, L.J., "The Computing Educators Oral History Project: Planning for the future" , bibl. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual SIGCSE Conference on innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Dundee, Scotland. 25-27 June 2007. ITiCSE '07. ACM, New York, NY, 39, (2007). Poster Published
15. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., BARKER, L.J., AND APPLIN, E.A.G., "Describing the Past to Build for the Future: The Stories of CEOHP" , bibl. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Orlando, FL. 17-20 October 2007, (2007). Poster Published
16. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., BARKER, L.J., AND APPLIN, E.A.G., "Storytelling as Role Modeling: Collecting Oral Histories" , bibl. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Orlando, FL. 17-20 October 2007, (2007). Workshop Published
17. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., BARKER, L.J., AND APPLIN, E.A.G., "CEOHP: The Computing Educators Oral History Project" , bibl. Conference and workshop on History | Gender | Computing. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. 30-31 May 2008, (2008). Poster Published
18. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., BARKER, L.J., AND APPLIN, E.A.G., "Bringing Stories to the World: The Technical Challenges of CEOHP" , bibl. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Keystone, CO. 1-4 October 2008, (2008). Poster Published
19. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., BARKER, L.J., AND APPLIN, E.A.G., "Using Oral Histories in Computing Education" , bibl. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Keystone, CO. 1-4 October 2008, (2008). birds-of-a-feather Published
20. OWENS, B.B., ALMSTRUM, V.L., APPLIN, E.A.G., AND BARKER, L.J., "Computing Educators Oral History Project: Using Digital Media to Recruit, Retain, and Inform" , bibl. Conference of the Oral History Association. Pittsburgh, PA. 15-19 October 2008, (2008). Paper Published
21. YOUNG, A., ALMSTRUM, V.L., AND OWENS, B.B., "Women in Computing Education Oral History Project" , bibl. Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Covington, KY. 3-5 March 2006. p. 576. Online: portalparts.acm.org.ezproxy.lib. uts.edu.au/1230000, (2006). birds-of-a-feather Published

RECENT PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 

• “The first programming course: ideas to end the enrollment decline,” with Bergin, J., McNally, M., and Lister, R., ACM SIGCSE Bulletin , Proceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education ITICSE '06,Volume 38 Issue 3, June 2006.
• Alice Programming, All-day invited presentation at UnitecNZ, Auckland, New Zealand. 26 January 2006.
• .“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.

FULL TEXT AVAILABLE FROM ACM DIGITAL LIBRARY

Service as Rent
Barbara Boucher Owens
SIGCSE '16 Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 2016
ACM Turing centenary celebration
Barbara Boucher Owens
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2012
ACM Education Council meets
Barbara Boucher Owens
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2012
Assessing the benefits of integrating social issues components in the computing curriculum
Paul Leidig, Michael Goldweber, Barbara Boucher Owens
ITiCSE '12 Proceedings of the 17th ACM annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, 2012
Teaching with CEOHP
Vicki L. Almstrum, Deepa Muralidhar, Mary Z. Last, Barbara Boucher Owens
ITiCSE '11 Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, 2011
The NEW ACM Digital Library interface
Barbara Boucher Owens
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2011
New directions for inroads
Barbara Boucher Owens
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2008
Computing educators oral history project: seeking the trends
Vicki L. Almstrum, E. Anne G. Applin, Barbara Boucher Owens, Elizabeth Adams, Lecia J. Barker, John Impagliazzo, Patricia A. Joseph, Amardeep Kahlon, Mary Z. Last, Andrea Lawrence, Alison Young
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2008
The computing educators oral history project: planning for the future
Barbara Boucher Owens, Vicki L. Almstrum, Lecia J. Barker
ITiCSE '07 Proceedings of the 12th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, 2007
ACM-W's new programs for recruiting and retaining women in computing
Paula Gabbert, Barbara Boucher Owens, Bettina Bair, Chris Stephenson, Joanne McGrath Cohoon, Gloria Childress Townsend
SIGCSE '07 Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, 2007
The first programming course: ideas to end the enrollment decline
Joe Bergin, Raymond Lister, Barbara Boucher Owens, Myles McNally
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2006
Building a sense of history: narratives and pathways of women computing educators
Vicki L. Almstrum, Lecia J. Barker, Barbara Boucher Owens, Elizabeth Adams, William Aspray, Nell B. Dale, Wanda Dann, Andrea Lawrence, Leslie Schwartzman
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2005

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