VITA
September 2011
Robert P. Webber
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Longwood College
Farmville, VA 23909
Academic degrees
Ph.D. University of Tennessee
M.S. Stephen F. Austin University
B.A. University of Richmond
1972
1967
1966
Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics
Postdoctoral training
Institute for Retraining in Computer Science, Clarkson University, 1983-84
Professional experience
1972-present Longwood College. Assistant, Associate, and Professor of
Mathematics and Computer Science. Chair, 1998-2001
1976-present Hampden-Sydney College. Lecturer in Mathematics (part time);
Adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics
1967-72
University of Tennessee. Teaching Assistant in Mathematics
1968-71
Project Upward Bound, Knoxville College. Mathematics Teacher
(summers)
1966-67
Stephen F. Austin University. Teaching Assistant in Mathematics
Awards and prizes
1993
Maria Bristow Starke Award for Professional Excellence,
Longwood College
Selected publications and papers presented
2011
To appear
2010
2008
2006
“Checking for Overflow in Multiplication,” submitted
“Using Spreadsheets to Help Students Think Recursively,”
PRIMUS
“Visualizing the Gradient,” presented at the national meeting of the
Mathematical Association of America
“Using Spreadsheets to Help Students Think Recursively,”
presented at the national meeting of the Mathematical Association
of America
“My Three Favorite Calculus Applications,” presented at the
national meeting of the Mathematical Association of America.
2006
2005
2004
1997
1997
1994
1988
1985
1980
1976
“Developing a Conceptual Understanding of Average,” presented
at the national meeting of the Mathematical Association of
America (copresenter).
“Online Teaching Practices,” The Journal of Computing Sciences
in Colleges (21:2), 223-229 (joint author).
“One Time Pad Encryption,” The Journal of Computing in
Sciences in Colleges (19:3), 291-295.
"A Course in Mathematical Ethics," Humanistic Mathematics
Network Journal, November 1997, 48-49.
"Mathematical Ethics," presented at the national meeting of the
American Mathematical Society
"Finding Non-obvious Critical Points," presented at the national
meeting of the Mathematical Association of America
Invited Panelist on "Impact of Computer Science on the
Mathematics Program," national meeting of the Mathematical
Association of America
College Algebra and Trigonometry. Brooks Cole
Precalculus. Brooks Cole
Business Mathematics. Houghton Mifflin
Professional memberships
Mathematical Association of America
Association of Computing Machinery
American Association of University Professors
Recent department assignments
Computer Science Hiring Committee (Chair)
Promotions and Tenure Committee
Mathematics Education Hiring Committee
Recent college assignments
Patents and Intellectual Property Committee
Faculty Status Committee
Senior Honors Research Committee
Service to the community
Volunteer, Meals on Wheels
Service to the state
Offices held in the Virginia Conference, American Association of University
Professors:
Treasurer, 2001-present
President, 2000-2001
Secretary, 1996-2000
Selected research and grants
Principal Investigator, Longwood College portion of the Preparing Future Middle
School Mathematics and Science Teachers grant, funded by The Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education, a U.S. Department of Education
program, 2001 - 2004.
Recipient, Longwood Online Technology Institute grant, 2004
Principal Investigator, Longwood College portion of the Virginia Collaborative
for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers (VCEPT), funded by the National
Science Foundation, 1995-2001
Participant, National Science Foundation workshop on Developing OnLine
Computer Ethics (DOLCE), 2001
Co-organizer of contributed paper session on Ethical, Humanistic, and Artistic
Mathematics, national meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, San
Antonio, Texas, January 1999
Longwood Faculty Sabbatical, Fall 1994