Computer Science High School
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae
Laura J. Baker
Ph.D.
St. Edward's University
Box 910
Austin, Texas 78704
Voice: 512-***-****
Fax: 512-***-****
Email: ******@*********.***
Web: http://faculty.stedwards.edu/laurab/
EDUCATION
Ph.D. The University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Computer Science Education, May, 1995.
M.Ed. Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. August 1987.
B.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. August 1981.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Computer Science, St. Edward's University
St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, August
2000-2005, tenured August 2000
.
Department Head2000-2001, 2001-2002
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, August
1996 to August 2000. Served as Department Head
Computer Science Department, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, August
1989 to August 1996
.
Independent Contractor for Educational Technology at Waco Independent School District,
May, 2002.
Independent Contractor for Educational Technology at Comal Independent School District,
November 1999 to March 2000
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Independent Contractor Instructor for C Programming courses at IBM Corp., Austin, Texas
1990, 1991, and 1992
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Instructor, Computer Science Department, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos,
Texas. August 1987 to August 1989
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Assistant Instructor, Computer Science Department, Southwest Texas State University, San
Marcos, Texas. August 1985 to August 1987
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High School Science/Physical Education Teacher, Iola High School, Iola, Texas. August
1981 to May 1983
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PROFESSIONAL HONORSOutstanding Advisor Award, 2003-2004, School of Natural Sciences.
Teaching Excellence Award,
2001-2002, St. Edward's University
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Selected for School of Natural SciencesOutstanding Teacher, St. Edward's University2000-
2001
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Selected for School of Natural SciencesOutstanding Teacher, St. Edward's University,
1992-93
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Vice-President, Consortium for Computer Science in Colleges(CCSC) National Board. 2010-
2012.
Program/Papers Chair for Consortium for Computer Science in Colleges (CCSC), South
Central Region, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-
2011.
Computer Science Section Chair, Texas Academy of Science Conference, March, 2005, 2006,
2008.
Computer Science Section Vice-Chair, Texas Academy of Science Conference, March, 2007.
Panelist, Women in Natural Sciences Summer Workshops, The University of Texas at Austin,
July 2004.
Panelist, "Assessment at Small Colleges and Universities", Consortium for Computer
Science in Colleges (CCSC), Austin Community College, Austin, Texas, April 2004.
Computer Science Section Chair, Texas Academy of Science Conference, March, 2004.
Panelist, Women in Natural Sciences Summer Workshops, The University of Texas at Austin,
June 2003, August 2003.
Panelist, "Managing a Small Computing Department", Consortium for Computer Science in
Colleges (CCSC)Conference, Jackson, Mississippi, April 2003.
Texas Academy of Science, Conference attendee. Nacogdoches, Texas. March, 2003.
Invited Panelist, Preparing Future Faculty at The University of Texas at Austin,
September, 2002 and September 2001.
Co-author, second edition, Using C++: An Introduction to Programming by Julien Hennefeld,
Laura Baker, & Charles Burchard, Brooks/Cole, 2003. ISBN 0-534-37484-0.
Technology consultant - Waco Independent School Disctrict, May, 2002.
Technology consultant - Comal Independent School District, November 1999-March 2000.
Panelist, Promotion and Tenure at Small Colleges South Central Conference for Consortium
for Computing in Small Colleges Conference, April, 2001.
Conference attendee, South Central Conference of Consortium in Computing at Small
Colleges, Amarillo, Texas, April, 200l.
Faculty sponsor St. Edward's University Student Chapter of the ACM, 1999-2000, 2000-2001,
2001-2002.
Programming Team Faculty Sponsor, ACM programming contest, 1993-2002.
Co-Chairman, South Central Conference of Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges,
April 16-17, 1999, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.
South Central Representative, Board for Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges, 1998-
1999, 1999-2000.
Steering Committee member, South Central Conference of Consortium for Computing in Small
Colleges, 1997-2000, 2004-present.
Conference participant, ACM/SIGCSE conference, March, 1999. "Methods for Interaction
Among High School and University Computer Science faculty." Panel Presentation, ACM-SIGCSE
conference, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1998.
"Global Positioning Systems", Workshop Presentation, UIL Computer Science Conference for
AP Computer Science Teachers, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, September, 1998.
Author, State of Texas High School University Scholastic League Computer Science Texas
High School UIL State Computer Science Exam, 1997-1998.
Paper referee for ACM-SIGCSE 1995-present.
Paper referee for Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges, 1992-present.
"Retention of First-Year Computer Science Students", Panel Presentation, Southwest Small
College Computing Consortium, April, 1997, San Antonio, Texas.
Session Moderator and Conference participant, Southwest Small College Computing
Consortium, April, 1997, San Antonio, Texas.
"AP C++ Subset", Workshop Presentation, UIL Computer Science Conference for AP Computer
Science Teachers, Texas Tech University, September, 1997.
Conference participant, ACM/SIGCSE conference, February, 1997 in San Jose, California.
Author, State of Texas High School University Scholastic League Computer Science
Invitational and Regional Exams, 1996-1997.
"C++ for AP Computer Science", Workshop presentation, UIL Computer Science Conference for
Ap Computer Science Teachers, September, 1996 at Lubbock, Texas and at Austin, Texas.
Session Moderator and Conference participant, Southwest Small College Computing
Consortium, April, 1996.
Author, State of Texas High School University Scholastic League Computer Science
Invitational and Regional Exams, 1995-1996.
Attended 5 day NSF Chataqua C++ workshop, Dayton, Ohio, May 1994.
Session Moderator and conference participant, Southwest Small College Computing
Consortium, Amarillo, Texas, April, 1994.
Instructor of three 10-week non-credit C Programming courses at IBM Corporation, Austin,
Texas, 1993.
Conference participant, Association of Computer Educators of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
September, 1993.
Conference participant, DMPA conference, Dallas, Texas, November, 1991.
Major author of proposal for Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Science
(CIS) St.Edward's University, 1990. Degree proposal passed Spring, 1991.
Revised curriculum for CS 31A and CS 31B, Introduction to Computer Assembly Language and
Architecture, a two sequence course in Computer Science at St. Edward's University, 1991.
Developed CIS 18 course for St. Edward's University Spring 1991, Quantitative
Applications of Software, 1990.
Workshop participant 3-M career planning workshop, Austin, Texas, September 1991.
Conference participant, Artificial Intelligence Symposium, University of Texas, Austin,
Texas, November,1991.
Conference participant, South Central Small College Computing Conference, Austin, Texas,
April 1991 and April,1990.
COURSES TAUGHT
St. Edward's University
COSC 4149 - Senior Seminar, COSC 4148 - Undergraduate Research, COSC 4351 - Human
Computer Interaction, COSC 4347 - Senior Research Project, COSC 4344 - Artificial
Intelligence,COSC 4342 - Compiler Theory and Automata, COSC 3331 - Computer Architecture
and Assembly Language, COSC 3332 - Computer Architecture and Machine Organization, COSC
3325 - Ada Programming, COSC 3325 - C Programming, COSC 3314 - Object Oriented Programming
with C++, COSC 3314 Object-Oriented Programming with JAVA, COSC 3314 - Web
Programming(Perl, PHP, Python), COSC 3325 - Lisp Programming, COSC 3325 - Web Programming
(Perl, PHP, AJAX), COSC 3327 - Data Structures and Algorithms, COSC 2331 - Assembly
Language Programming, COSC 2328 - Web Programming, COSC 2325 - Computer Science Concepts
II, COSC 2125 - Computing Concepts II Laboratory, COSC 2323 - Computing Science Concepts
I, COSC 2123 - Computing Science Concepts I Laboratory, CISC 1318 - Quantitative
Applications of Software, COSC 1313 - Programming in Visual Basic, MCIS 6314 - Web
Programming (VB.NET, PHP)
Southwest Texas State University
CS 3358 - Computer Science II Data Structures, CS 2318 - Assembly Language, CS 2308 -
Computer Science I, CS 1318 - Introduction to Computer Science, CS 1308 - Introduction to
Computing and Computer Literacy
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and Special Interest Group Computer Science
Education (SIGCSE)
Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
Texas Academy of Science
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Artificial Intelligence, Case-based Reasoning, Expert Systems, Group Study Research,
Computer Science Education, Computer Science Teacher Education, Programming Languages,
Natural Language Processing, Object-Oriented Programming, Compiler Design, Software
Engineering
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