Stuart Reges
Department of Computer Science
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-4817
reges@cs.arizona.edu

Education

9/79-6/82 Stanford University, MS in Computer Science

8/77-5/79 Case Western Reserve University, BS in Mathematics

Experience

5/01-present Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies, Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona. Manage undergraduate program in computer science with approximately 100 graduates per year (chair admissions/program/curriculum committee, manage undergraduate TAs, advise honors students, etc).

8/96-present Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona. Teach freshman/sophomore/junior level computer science courses (CS1, CS2, discrete math, comparative programming languages, object-oriented programming & design).

12/93-9/01 Management/Programming Consultant. Provide programming support for FoxPro databases and assist with accounting, budgeting, FEC reporting and staff management. Primary clients: Libertarian Party and its candidates.

1/93-10/93 National Director, Libertarian Party. Managed a million-dollar budget and directed the work of a national office that supports activities of America's third largest political party.

9/88-5/91 Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. Taught freshman/sophomore level computer science courses.

6/85-12/89 Chief Reader, Computer Science Advanced Placement Exam, Educational Testing Service.

3/88-8/88 Manager, Developer Support, NeXT Incorporated. Developed plans for a new group including formulating the philosophy of the group and hiring the staff.

9/85-3/88 Assistant Chairman for Education, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. Director of a semi-autonomous unit that administered CS courses and undergraduate programs involving CS. Unit included three administrative staff, two programmers, four lecturers, fifty graduate student TAs, and fifty undergraduate section leaders. Taught one large freshman/sophomore course each quarter. Oversaw departmental involvement with Stanford Instructional Television, which brought in over $500K of revenue annually. Helped to plan new curriculum directions and to address curriculum problems.

9/84-8/85 Assistant Chairman for Undergraduate Education, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. Same duties listed above without supervisory duties and with less decision-making authority.

Awards

Honors College Outstanding Advisor (U of A, 2002)
College of Science Distinguished Teaching Award (U of A, 1998)
Honorable Mention, Associated Students of Stanford University Teaching Award (Stanford, 1991)
School of Engineering Distinguished Advisor Award (Stanford, 1986)
Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Service to Undergraduate Education (Stanford, 1985)

Textbooks

Building Pascal Programs, 1987, Little, Brown
Pascal and Beyond: Data Abstraction and Data Structures Using Turbo Pascal, co-authored with Steve Fisher, 1992, Wiley & Sons

Refereed Papers

“Using Undergraduates as Teaching Assistants at a State University”, Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2003)
“Can C# Replace Java in CS1 and CS2?”, Seventh ITICSE Conference (2002)
“Conservatively Radical Java in CS1”, Thirty-first SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2000)
“The Effective Use of Undergraduates to Staff Large Introductory Courses”, Nineteenth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (1988)

Grants

$150,000 from Microsoft Corporation from 2001-2003 for C# curriculum projects
$50,000 from AT&T Foundation in 1988 for various undergraduate projects at Stanford

Panels

“Nifty Assignments: Lunar Lander”, Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2003)
“Industry in the Ivory Tower”, a community forum at the Thirty-third SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2002)
“The University Perspective: Awarding Credit for Advanced Placement (AP) in Computer Science”, Thirty-second SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2001)
“Nifty Assignments: Personality Test”, Thirty-second SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2001)
“Nifty Assignments: Bagels/Jotto”, Thirtieth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (1999)

Workshops and Other Activities

College Board workshop consultant since 2001: presenting one-day workshops to high school teachers about the Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science
“Teaching C# in CS1, CS2, and Advanced Programming Courses,” workshop at the Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (2003)
“Teaching Programming with .Net”, 3^rd Annual .Net Technologies in Curriculum Workshop (2003)
“Experiences teaching C#”, 2^nd Annual .Net Technologies in Curriculum Workshop (2002)
“Plans for a course in C# for Java Programmers”, 1^st Annual .Net Technologies in Curriculum Workshop (2001)