CURRICULUM VITAE OF ROBERT N. BARGER
Training:
PhD (History of Education, 1976), 3 MAs (History, 1966), (Education, 1966), (Religious Studies, 1975), BA (Philosophy, 1961). Information Science education through course work, tutoring, and independent study.
Rank and Position:
Instructor, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, 1975-1977; Assistant Professor through Professor, Education, Philosophy, and Computer Ethics, Eastern Illinois University, 1977-1994; Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Applications, University of Notre Dame, 1994-present.
Courses taught in Information Science:
BASIC; HTML; JavaScript; Java; Introduction to the Internet; Web Development; Computer Ethics.
Awards for teaching and research:
Distinguished Faculty Award, Eastern Illinois University, 1994 (presented to a faculty member annually for excellence in teaching, research, and service); Faculty Excellence Award for Research, Eastern Illinois University, 1994; Faculty Excellence Award for Service, Eastern Illinois University, 1992; Distinguished Research Award, Illinois Association of Teacher Educators, 1986; Outstanding Research Award, Phi Delta Kappa, EIU Chapter 120, 1986; Special Citation for Research, "Showcase for Excellence Panel," American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Education Commission of the States National Forum, 1986; Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, Eastern Illinois University, 1984; Associateship, Danforth Foundation Associate Program, 1978 - 1986; Fred S. Bailey Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975 and 1976; List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1973 and 1974.
Quality of professional accomplishments:
29 publications (see below); 3 year term as Chair, Technology Committee, American Educational Research Association; Service as technical editor of two programming textbooks on C++ and Java; Service as manuscript referee in Information Science for Addison-Wesley, Brady Publishing, and Longman Publishers. Service of 37 years in teaching and administration in three universities.
Potential contributions internationally and domestically:
I believe my experience will allow me to offer my services in international post-secondary education in faculty development and curriculum development, especially in the fields of computer/information ethics and programming languages. More specifically, I would like to share my work on developing a systems-based approach to computer ethics, on alternative methodologies for teaching programming languages, and on the usefulness and future development of languages such as Java and XML. I expect to receive at least as much as I give in the fields of knowledge, understanding, and skills while abroad and I expect to find ways to share these gifts which I will have received with my colleagues upon return home.
Previous international/intercultural/interracial experience:
Participant in International Aviation Cadet Exchange in Denmark, Summer of 1956, Observer during International Geophysical Year in New Zealand, Australia, and Antarctica, 1956-1957; Sabbatical as Visiting Professor at University College, Cork, Ireland, during Hilary and Trinity terms, 1987 (including leading a seminar on American Foreign Policy at Colaiste Mhuire Gan Smal, Limerick, Ireland, and giving a lecture on American Educational Research at University College Dublin); Lecturer aboard the S.S. Le Diamant on voyage from Tierra del Fuego to the Palmer Pennisula, Antarctica, 2005; University Director of Affirmative Action at Eastern Illinois University, 1978-1980, and again in 1991; Chair, City of Danville, IL, Municipal Commision on Human Relations, 1965-1969 (including research and development of a municipal Fair Housing ordinance).
Professional and personal service:
Twice appointed as Acting Dept. Chair (EIU); Elected to Council on Academic Affairs (EIU); Elected President of EIU University Club; Invited as expert witness before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Congress, 1974; Computer Applications Program Curriculum Commttee, 2003-present; Volunteer webmaster for basilica.nd.edu and for www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7.
SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS, ARTICLES, AND COMPUTER PROJECTS:
(* = refereed; + = available on-line)
*'The Ethics of 'Parasitic Computing:' Fair Use or Abuse of TCP/IP
Over the Internet?' (with Charles R. Crowell) in INFORMATION
ETHICS: PRIVACY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. eds. L. Freeman & A.
Peace. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, 2005.
RESCUED BY JAVA! Kris Jamsa. Houston, TX: Jamsa Press, 1999.
Robert N. Barger, Technical editor.
RESCUED BY C++ (3d ed.). Kris Jamsa. Las Vegas, NV: Jamsa Press,
1997. Robert N. Barger, Technical Editor.
'Can We Find a Single Ethical Code?' in COMPUTERS, ETHICS, AND
SOCIETY. eds. M. David Ermann, Mary B. Williams, & Michele C.
Shauf. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
'Computer ethics,' ON-LINE DICTIONARY OF COMPUTING,
ed. Denis Howe, Imperial College, London. July, 1994.
(Online: http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/?computer+ethics).
GRAPHICS AND MUSIC EXAMPLES IN BASICA AND HBASIC (ed.). Diskette.
Charleston: Eastern Illinois University, 1987.
'The Computer as a Humanizing Influence in Education' in COMPUTER
STUDIES: COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION. ed. Stephen J. Taffee.
Guilford, CT: The Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc., 1985, pp. 258-
60.
AN ON-LINE TUTORIAL IN FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION. NovaNET Computer System
(on-line availability from 1987 through satellite uplink;
purchased by Control Data in 1985 for use on their network).
Urbana: Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, originally
published in 1983.
*'The Metaethics of Computer Ethics' (with Charles Crowell) in
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMATION ETHICS AND SECURITY. ed. Marian
Quigley. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing, in press.
+'Lessons on JavaScript,' 2002, (Online:
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/js1.html [also js2.html, js3.html, js4.html]).
+'Is Computer Ethics Unique in Relation to Other Fields of Ethics?'
2001, (Online: http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/ce-unique.html).
+'HTML Primer (Sections A through E}, 2001 (Online:
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/htmla [also htmlb, htmlc, htmld, htmle]).
*+'The Use of the Internet in the Teaching of Ethics.' A paper
presented at the Sixth Annual International Conference
Promoting Business Ethics, 21-23 October 1999, Niagara Falls,
New York. (Online: http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/icpbe).
*+'New Media: Teaching and Learning Through the World Wide Web.'
A paper presented at the XXth Session of the International
Standing Conference for the History of Education held at the
University of Louvain, 15-18 August 1998, under the gracious
protection of His Majesty Albert II, King of Belgium. (Online:
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/ische98).
*+'On the Derivation of Ethical Standards.' A paper presented at
the 2nd Annual Conference on Ethics and Technology, Loyola
University Chicago, May 9, 1997. (Online:
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/deriv-ethic-stnds.html).
*+'Electronic Research and the Educational Historian.' Session
22.26 of the 1997 American Educational Research Association
Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Online:
http://oit.iusb.edu./~rbarger/electronic_research.html). Also
available from ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation,
ED 415 234, indexed in RESOURCES IN EDUCATION, May, 1998.
+'History of American Education Web Project' (ed.). (online:
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7). This site was designated an
'Internet Site of the Day' by the CHRONICLE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION on October 4, 1996 and was a selction of the Internet
Scout Project.
*+'Teaching Computer Ethics On-Line,' a paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional
Ethics, St. Louis, March 1, 1996. (Online:
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/ethics-online).
+ 'Is It Stealing If It's Electrons?' Interview with MSNBC Microsoft
on-line publication, May, 1996. (Online:
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/msethics.html).
*+'A Common Rationale for Computer Ethics,' A paper presented
at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, April 28,
1994. (Online: http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/common-rat.html).
*+'A Metaethical Analysis of Computer Ethics,' A paper presented
at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, April 30, 1993.
(Online: http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/metaethics.html).
'Teacher Education Faculty and Computer Competency,' with Donald
Armel, ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, ED 349 290,
indexed in RESOURCES IN EDUCATION, January, 1993.
'Educating the Faculty and Staff to Computer Use: A Working
Model,' with Donald Armel, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information
Resources, ED 348 943, indexed in RESOURCES IN EDUCATION,
January, 1993.
'Computers and Communication,' (Interview article) NEWSbits
(Educational Computing Network newsletter for the Board of
Governors of State Colleges and Universities), VII,2 (November,
1990), 3.
'A Procedure for On-line Evaluation and Remediation,' A paper
presented at the International Association for Computing in
Education Conference, New Orleans, April 5-8, 1988, ERIC
Clearinghouse on Information Resources, ED 303 153, indexed in
RESOURCES IN EDUCATION, June, 1989.
'American Students' Perceptions of American Foreign Policy,' A
paper presented in a seminar on American Foreign Policy,
Colaiste Mhuire Gan Smal, Limerick, Ireland, March 9, 1987, ERIC
Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, ED
286 817, indexed in RESOURCES IN EDUCATION, February, 1988.
'Software Evaluation: How to Winnow the Wheat from the Chaff,' A
paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Council
of Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois State University, Normal,
Illinois, October 28, 1985, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information
Resources, ED 286 494, indexed in RESOURCES IN EDUCATION,
February, 1988.
*'Computer Literacy: Toward a Clearer Definition,' T.H.E. JOURNAL,
11,2 (October, 1983), 108-12.
*'Why Educational Computers Are Here to Stay,' with Josephine C.
Barger, EASTERN EDUCATION JOURNAL, XV,2 (Spring, 1982), 11-14.
*'The Computer as a Humanizing Influence in Education,' T.H.E.
JOURNAL, 9,4 (May, 1982), 95-96; republished by T.H.E.
JOURNAL, 10,7 (May, 1983), 109-11.
'The Computer as a Humanizing Influence in Higher Education,'
with Josephine C. Barger, ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 6 (1982),
31-36.