Services
Related to Minority and Outreach Education
2014
Invited talk, “Access and Opportunities in STEM Education: The Challenges of Building an Equitable Diverse Society,” 2014 Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January
Invited talk, “From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the National Medal of Science at the White House,” Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, Seattle, Washington, February
Rice University Richard Tapia Center for Excellence & Equity, Something New for Lunch Lecture Series, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
Invited talk, “My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Excellence in Mentoring Lecture Series, El Paso, Texas, February
Invited talk, “The STEM Education Crisis: Understanding the Needs to Ensure Diversity and Inclusion toward US Competitiveness in the Technical Fields,” 8th Annual Hispanic Family Conference, Engaging Hispanic Families: Why it Matters and How to do it Well, Pasadena, Texas, February
Invited speaker, “Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation,” Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program (RUSP), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
“Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation,” Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program (RUSP), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
“Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation, Highlighting Hispanic Figures,” Empowering Leadership Alliance, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited talk, “My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Empowering Leadership Alliance, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas, April
“My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” XSEDE and Empowering Leadership Alliance Webinar, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
Closing remarks, American Latino Influencer Awards, Friends of the American Latino Museum, Grand Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
“My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Men of Honor Lecture Series, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, May
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership, National Science Board,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, May
Panel discussion, Leading Change, Faculty Commitment, Leadership Challenges, Communication, Workshop on Faculty Leadership in Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May
Panel discussion, Addressing Disparities in STEM Education, Symposium on Advancing Equity through More and Better STEM Learning, National Academy of Sciences, Keck Center, Washington, DC, May
“My Unlikely Journey: From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the White House and the National Medal of Science,” Young Owls Leadership Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
Panel discussion, Latinos: We are here but we are Not There, Texas LULAC State Convention Education Workshop, Houston, Texas, June
“Racism in Mathematics: A Direct Factor in Underrepresentation,” Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP) Colloquium Presentation, Houston, Texas, June
STEM Underrepresentation: Hugs and Kisses Are Great But Not Enough to Improve Representation, The Latino Education Summit ¿Making our world Better Together,¿ Rice University, Houston, Texas, August
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership, Department of Mathematics,” University of Michigan’s Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January
“From the Barrios of Los Angeles to the National Medal of Science at the White House,” 2013 Undergraduate STEM Research Symposium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January
Presentation to the Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” Spring Networking Conference, Rice University School Mathematics Project, Houston, Texas, February
Mellon Mays Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, Washington, DC, February
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, February
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” MGE@MSA, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona
Ahora Student Day, Latino Magazine, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Panel Discussion, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino Town Hall
Meeting, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
Gear Up ¿ Student Leadership Conference, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
The Road Ahead, Portland State University Commencement Address, Portland, Oregon,
June
Energy Explorations Academy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
Dr. Richard Tapia, My Story: Who am I?, XSEDE 13 Gateway to Discovery, San Diego, California, July
“Mathematics is Cool: Improving the Quality of My Non-Professional Life,” NWRC Cash Family Distinguished Lecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, July
“New student reception, Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice (HACER), Rice University, Houston, Texas, August
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding and New Leadership,” College Career Counseling, Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
Invited speaker, RUSP Talk, D. Wagner and M. Gillis course, Rice University, Houston Texas, January
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” TACHE Conference, Galveston, Texas, February
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” MLK Celebration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” ISSET, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
Invited speaker on diversity panel, Alumni College Diversity Panel, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker, Crisis in Academia: The Need for New Leader,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, March
Invited speaker, “Crisis in Texas Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” UT- Austin Undergraduate Distinguished Lecture Series, Austin, Texas, April
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” Learning Activities for Mature People (LAMP) of the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, April
Invited speaker, “The Precious Few: Why Are There So Few?” Blackwell Memorial Conference, Washington, DC, April
Invited speaker, “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding,” Diaz-Herrera Inauguration, Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York, May
Invited speaker, “Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding,” 2012 Diversity Summit, Keynote Address, Sugarland, Texas, May
“The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education.” International Space School Education Trust (ISSET) Leadership Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
“How Will We Rise to the Challenge of Educating the Next Generation?,” Stephen F. Austin High School, HISD, White Rose Luncheon, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, May
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Understanding,” 10th Annual Disparities in Health in America: Working Toward Social Justice Workshop/Course, Houston, Texas, June
Barrera Student Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” XSEDE12 Bridging from the eXtreme to the Campus and Beyond, Chicago, Illinois, July
SHPE Freshman Welcome, Rice University, Houston, Texas, August
“Choosing the Right Advisor - STEM,” Panel Discussion, office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
Invited speaker, Hispanic Alumni College, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
Nuestro Futuro Latino Education Conference, Washington, DC, September
“Crisis in Texas Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” Families Weekend, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
“Crisis in Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” Hispanic Heritage Month, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, October
“From Cars to Math and Back to Cars,” EMERGE Fellows Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December
Invited speaker, “Educating Texas,” Future Innovators 8th Annual Conference of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) Austin, Texas, January
Invited speaker, “Failure for CSCI 299,“ Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker, “The BFGS Secant Update as a Simple Average Update,” Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics Graduate Seminar, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker, &rlquo;The Historical Development of the Rice CAAM Department,” Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker, Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program (RUSP), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker, “Educating the Nation“s Future Innovators - The Role of HBCUs and HSIs,&rsdquo; The Department of Defense Western Regional HBC/MI Meeting, Houston, Texas, June
Invited speaker, ,“Engaging Students with Exciting Math Applications,” IRACDA Conference, Baylor, Houston, Texas, June
Invited speaker, Commencement speaker, East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, California, June
Invited speaker, Summer Math Days, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
Invited speaker, RUSMP Summer Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
Invited speaker, “Educating The Nation’s Future Innovators,” 2011 APS-IPPC Joint Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii, August
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Higher Education,” More Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA), Albuquerque, New Mexico, September
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” ELA/RCEL, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Higher Education,” Presidential Lecture on Diversity, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, October
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Higher Education,” Fall Joint Meeting Texas Section of TSAPS, SPS and AAPT, Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas, October
Invited speaker, “Crisis in Higher Education,” Fifth Annual Mathematical Field of Dreams Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October
Invited speaker, “In Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery, What Role Will You Play?”, XSEDE Meeting, SC11 Conference, Seattle, Washington, November
Invited speaker, Institutional Leadership and the Problem of Underrepresentation in STEM, AAAS Access and Diversity Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December
Invited speaker, “Crisis in Texas Higher Education: The Need for New Leadership,” Something New for Lunch, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” ExxonMobil Global Organization for the Advancement of Latinos, Petroleum Club of Houston, Houston, Texas, December
Invited speaker, “The Need for New Leadership: Crisis in Texas Higher Education,” M.D. Anderson Awards Ceremony, Houston, Texas, December
Invited speaker, Second Annual Arizona MGE@MSA Faculty Postdoctoral Mentoring Institute Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, January
Invited speaker, “Yet Two More Bumps in the Road to Equitable Representation in Higher Education,” Seminar on Underrepresentation and the Mathematical Sciences
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California, January
Special Advisory Group to the UT System Board of Regents regarding the possible merger of San Antonio institutions Dr. Tapia was a committee member. San Antonio, TX
February
Invited speaker, International Space School Education Trust (ISSET) - UK Group Visit, Chris Barber Director accompanied a group of teachers visiting Houston. Dr. Tapia gave a presentation and followed with a Q&A session in Duncan Hall. February
Invited speaker, “The Remarkable Isoperimetric Problem and the Euler-Lagrange Equation Revisited,” Stanford Operations Research Seminar Series Stanford University Stanford, California, March
Invited speaker, “It’s All About Math,” Plenary Session American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) 5th Annual National Conference Costa Mesa, California, March
Invited speaker, “Yet Two More Bumps in the Road to Equitable Representation in
Higher Education,” Community Dialogue Luncheon Rice University Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker, Commencement Address University of Texas-Pan American Edinburg, Texas, May
Joint Advisory Board meeting, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Dr. Tapia is a committee member and reviewed proposals to the THECB Austin, Texas, June
LATINA VOICES: Smart Talk show on PBS Dr. Tapia was invited to discuss
underrepresented minority issues. Houston, Texas, August
Invited speaker, “Science, Technology and Diversity for a Sustainable Future Global Excellence,” SACNAS Keynote Address, Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Annual Conference Anaheim, California, September
“The Browning of America: Cause for Celebration or Concern?” National Hispanic Heritage Month National Science Foundation Arlington, Virginia, October
Invited speaker, MGE@MSA Doctoral Mentoring Institute, The University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, October
Invited speaker, Blackwell-Tapia Conference Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) Columbus, Ohio, November
Invited speaker, SOC 314 “Science at Risk,” Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
Invited speaker, Natural Sciences and Mathematics Career Forum University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, November
Invited speaker, Commencement Address University of Nevada-Reno Reno, Nevada,
December
Invited speaker, “Underrepresentation: External Factors,” Mathematics Leadership Institute, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston Texas, June
Invited speaker, “Underrepresentation: Internal Factors,” Mathematics Leadership Institute, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston Texas, June
Invited welcome address, Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) Summit, Houston, Texas, July
Invited address, “The Flaws in the Mismatch Theory,” Testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Briefing on Encouraging Minorities to Pursue Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Washington, DC, September
Keynote address, 2008 Ford Fellows’ Conference “Bringing Our Research Home:
Activist Scholarship for Systemic Change,” Washington, DC, September
Presentation to the Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Technology Workforce Pipeline, The National Academies, Washington, DC, October.
Organized “Engineering Speed-Student Day,“ 49th Annual Houston Autorama, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, November
Invited panelist, “The Status of Hispanics in America: Challenges and Opportunities,” American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March
The Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, Portland, Oregon, April
Invited address “Math is Cool,” Hispanic Male Summit, Lone Star College - North Harris, Kingwood, Texas, April
Invited address, MLI 3rd Cohort, Mathematics Leadership Institute, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston Texas, June
Invited speaker, “Contemporary Challenges to Increasing Representation in Research and Leadership Positions,” 15th Annual Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS15), Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
Invited speaker, Diversity Symposium, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, Georgia, September
Invited talk,“Underrepresentation: What American Universities
Still Don’t Understand About Race,” Harvey Mudd College,
Claremont, California, January 23
Invited talk, Computing Alliance for Hispanic Serving
Institutions Advisory Board Meeting, University of Texas
at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, December 11
Invited talk, “Underrepresentation: What Universities Still Don't Understand About Race,” CITI@20
Technical Symposium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, December
8
Invited talk, “Math Culture and Minority Success,“ Leadership
Workshop: Finding and Keeping Diverse Graduate Students
in the Mathematical Sciences, AIM Research Conference Center
(ARCC), Palo Alto, California, December 4
Invited talk, “Minority Mathematics Professor:
A Round Peg in a Square Hole,” HLSAMP Conference,
Texas State University, Houston, Texas, November 11
“Education for All: Successes and Challenges,” UK Education
Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
7
Invited panelist, “The Road to Maturity and Leadership
in the Computing Community,” Second Academic Workshop
for Underrepresented Junior Faculty, College Station,
Texas, October 27
Invited panelist, “Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position,” A
Workshop for Women in Science and Engineering, ADVANCE
Institutional Transformation Program, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, October 24
“Education for All: Successes and Challenges,” UK
Education Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
October 24
Invited speaker, “Judging Performance: The Hispanic Perspective,” Hispanic
Heritage Month NIH-Hispanic,
Employee Organization (HEO) Celebration, Bethesda, Maryland, October 12
Invited speaker, “What Universities Still Do Not
Understand about Race in America,” Doctoral Education
and the Faculty of the Future, 2006-2007 CHERI Policy Research
Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October
8
Invited speaker, “Hispanics and the Challenges
of Texas,” Hispanic
Heritage Month, Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas, September
15
Invited speaker, “Promoting Students’ Appreciation
for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Mathematical
Association of America, Mathfest 2006, Knoxville, Tennessee,
August 11
Invited speaker, “Promoting Students’ Appreciation
for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Research
Alliance in Math and Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Knoxville, Tennessee, August 10
Invited speaker, “Diversity, Innovation, our
Scientific and Technological Workforce, and You,” Mickey
Leland Energy Fellowship Technical Forum (MLEF), Houston,
Texas, August 8
Invited speaker, “Diversity, Innovation, and our
Scientific and Technological Workforce,” SIAM
Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, July 13
Invited speaker, “Diversity versus Underrepresentation,” RUSMP/MLI,
Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 27
Invited speaker, “The Changing Demographics of
California and Texas and its Impact on Public Education,” RUSMP/MLI,
Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 20
Invited speaker, “Mathematics is Cool,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin
Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 14
“Challenges in Providing Quality Education in Science
and Mathematics for All Children “, TeacherTECH '06
Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 7
Invited speaker, “Challenges and Successes in
Providing Quality Science and Math Education for All Our
Children, ” 2nd International Conference on Youth & Education,
Corpus Christi, Texas, May 31
Invited speaker, “Promoting Innovation Through
Increased Diversity,”NSF & the National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT) joint Town Hall Meeting,
Washington, D.C , May 17
Invited speaker, “Math is Cool Series,” Arlington
Independent School District, Arlington, Texas, May 3
Invited speaker, “Maintaining the Health of the
Nation through Diverse Workforce,” Diversity Summit
2006,
Sugar Land, Texas, April 28
Invited speaker, “Math is Cool Series,” Yes
College Preparatory Southeast, Houston, Texas, April 26
Invited panelist moderator, “USA Immigration: Truths
and Myths,” Rice
University, Houston, Texas, April 19
Invited speaker, “Texas Education Issues,” Rice
Women's Center, Houston, Texas, April 19
Invited speaker, “Texas Education Issues,” Jewish
Community Center, Houston, Texas, April 10
“Examining the Minority-Majority
Achievement Gap,” UK Education Group Visit, Rice
University, Houston, Texas, April 10
Invited speaker, “Minority Mathematics Professor:
A Round Peg in a Square Hole?,” Berkeley Diversity
Research Initiative Seminar, University of California-Berkeley,
March 17
Invited speaker, “Underrepresentation, Diversity,
and the Workforce in Science and Engineering,” University
of California-Berkeley Regents’ Lecturer, March 16
Invited speaker, “Math is Everywhere in My Real
Life: Fusing Art and Mathematics Through Cars,” University
of California-Berkeley Regents’ Lecturer,
March 14
Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority
Graduate Students,” Faculty Mentoring Institute, Las Vegas,
Nevada, February 24
Invited speaker, “Successes and Challenges in Diversifying
Rice, Research Universities, and he National Scientific
Workforce,”
University Professor Lecture, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, November 29
Reactor for the paper entitled “It’s Not Rocket Science: 25
Years of Successful Latino Student Advancement and the
Prospects for 25 Years More” by Gary Keller, and Antonio
G. García
which will appear in the July 2006 issue of The Journal of Hispanic
Higher Education, Latino Achievement in the Sciences, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics
Invitational Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, November 22
Welcome Address, SOLAR Homecoming, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
November 11
Invited speaker, “Diversity is Stepping on the Toes of Underrepresentation,” Quarterly
Community Dialogues, Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
10
Invited speaker, “Education Today: Challenges and Successes,” Society
of Rice University Women, Houston, Texas, October 31
Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes,
and Rewards – Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap,” COMPACT
for Faculty Diversity, 2005 Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Arlington,
Virginia, October 30
Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate
Students,” COMPACT for Faculty Diversity, 2005 Institute on Teaching
and Mentoring, Arlington, Virginia, October 29
“Education for All: Successes and Challenges,” UK Education
Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 25
Invited Panelist, “Leadership: A Diverse Perspective,”
Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Symposium
2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 20
Participant, EPIC All Hands Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October
18-19
Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Graduate
Students” Minority Graduate Education at Mountain State Alliance
(MGE@MSA) Utah Faculty Mentoring Institute, September
29
Participant, Public and Research Advisory Committee Meeting, Austin, Texas, September
Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes,
and Rewards,” University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California,
September 8
Keynote speaker, “Mathematics is Everywhere in My Real Life,” Title
V Mathematics Workshop, Title V Faculty Leadership Program, Houston Community
College System, Houston, Texas, August 27
Graduate Student Workshop on Diversity, Diversity Day, SIAM Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, July
13
Invited luncheon speaker, Diversity Day, SIAM Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, Louisiana, July 13
Keynote speaker: “STEM Leadership in the 21st
Century: Are You Willing to Lead?”, 2005 National Science Foundation
Intern Summit, National Science Foundation, Washington,
DC, July 1
“Promoting
Students’ Appreciation for Math through Applications
to Very Cool Activities,” Milby Yes Visit, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, June 22
Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes,
and Rewards,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston,
Texas, June 17
Invited speaker, “Promoting Students' Appreciation for Math through
Applications to Very Cool Activities,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin
Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas, June 15
Invited speaker, “Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement
Gap,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston, Texas,
June 10
“Success For All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,” TeacherTECH
'05 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
8
“Promoting Students’ Appreciation for Math
through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” South Texas
Science Academy Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
June 7
Invited speaker, “Reflections on the Achievement
Gap,” RUSMP/MLI, Pin Oak Middle School, Houston,
Texas, June 6
Invited workshop leader, “Mentoring Underrepresented
Minority Graduate Students: A Faculty Workshop,” Indiana
University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, May
24
Participant, EPIC Leadership Team Meeting, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, May 11-12
Invited speaker, “Fusing Art and Mathematics through
Cars,” Alma Public Schools, Alma, Michigan, April 28
Invited speaker, “Success and Failures of K-12
High Stakes Testing: A Study of Recent Testing in
Texas,” Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April
28
Invited speaker, “Promoting Appreciation for Mathematics
through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Kitchen
Lecture, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 28
Invited speaker, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges,
Successes, and Rewards,” IMA, Minorities & Applied
Mathematics Workshop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, April 23
Invited speaker, “Science Research at your Service:
Several Exciting Examples,” University of Texas,
Brownsville, Texas, April
15
Invited speaker “Promoting Students’ Appreciation
for Math through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” NCTM
Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, April 6
Participant, EPIC Leadership Team Meeting, Washington,
DC, March 17
Invited speaker, Center for Subsurface Modeling, University
of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 2
Invited speaker, Latin American Experience 2005 Gala,
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 26
“Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap,” UK
Education Group Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
February 15
Invited speaker, Costa Rica Alternative Spring Break
Fundraiser, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 3
Invited speaker, NSF-Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics
Scholar Awards, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas,
November 30
“A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges, Successes,
and Rewards,” Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Prize
Presentation, Los Angeles, California, November 6
Participant, Workshop on Broadening Participation in Computing,
Washington, DC, October
Invited address, H-LSAMP 4th Annual Student Presentation
Conference, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, October
Invited address, “A Lifetime of Diversity: Challenges
and Successes”, CIRTL Conference, Madison, Wisconsin,
August 17
“Success For All: Its Contradictions and Challenges”,
TeacherTECH ’04 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, July 21
Invited Panelist, “Politically Incorrect, Fast Pitch,
Hardball Or Asking the Hard Questions about Diversity in
Computing: An Inquisition of Richard Tapia”, CRA Conference,
Snowbird, Utah, July 12
Invited address, “Mathematics is Everywhere in My
Real Life”, Milby High School/YES Summer Workshop,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 21
“Issues and Opportunities in Underrepresented Populations”,
NAE Committee on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce,
June 9
Invited address, “Mathematics is Everywhere in My
Real Life”, South Texas Science Academy Workshop,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 8
“Examining the Minority-Majority Achievement Gap”,
UK Educational Group, Rice University, Houston, Texas, April
15
Invited Address, “Fusing Art and Mathematics through
Cars”, Burbank Middle School group, Rice University,
March 30
Invited address, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority
Graduate Students,” Minority Graduate Education at
Mountain State Alliance (MGE@MSA) Faculty Mentoring Institute,
Arizona State University, March 29
“Fusing Art and Mathematics through Cars”,
Say YES to Engineering Program, Rice University, February
27
Invited addresss, “Fusing Art and Mathematics through
Cars”, Vision 2004, Rice University, February 20
“Promoting Teacher Leadership through University
Collaboration”, UK Educational Group, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, February 17
Invited speaker, “Mentoring Underrepreented Minority
Graduate Students”, Minority Graduate Education at
Mountain State Alliance (MGE@MSA) Utah Faculty Mentoring
Institute, October 30
Panelist, “Politically Incorrect, Fast Pitch, Hardball
Or Asking the Hard Questions about Diversity in Computing:
An Inquisition of Richard Tapia”, Richard Tapia Celebration
of Diversity in Computing Symposium 2003, Atlanta, Georgia,
October 17
Keynote address, “Success for All: Its Challenges
and Contradictions”, University of New Mexico AGEP,
Socorro, NM, September 12
Invited panelist, “Changing Demographics and Challenges
of the Future,” National Science Board Workshop, Broadening
Participation in Science and Engineering Research and Education,
August 12, 2003 [Online]
Keynote speaker, Texas Leadership, Education, and Diversity
Conference at Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice
University, Houston, Texas, August 1
Keynote address, 2003 Summer Research Opportunities Program
(SROP) Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
MN, July 26
Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics
in My Real Life”, Milby High School/YES Summer Workshop,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 23
Invited address, “Post-Affirmative Action Challenges
to Diversity in Higher Education”, AGEP Summer Program,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 13
Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics
in My Real Life”, South Texas Science Academy Workshop,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 4
Invited address, “Maximizing the Impact on Higher
Education”, GEM/NACME Engineering Collaborations Conference,
Houston, Texas, May 29
Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics
in My Real Life”, Role Model Program, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, May 17
Invited address, “Post-affirmative Action Challenges
to Diversity in Higher Education”, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, California, May 8
Invited address, “Mentoring Underrepresented Minority
Graduate Students” Third Annual Minority Graduate
Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA) Student
Research Conference and Graduate Fair, Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona, April 1
Invited address, “Success for all: A Personal and
a National Challenge,” IMPACT 03, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 7
Invited speaker, Vision 2003, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, February 21
Invited address, “Minority-Majority Learning Gap,”
UK Educational Group, Rice University, Houston, Texas, February
21
Invited speaker, Say Yes to Engineering Group, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, February 20
Invited address, “Promoting Participation of Underrepresented
Groups in Science and Engineering,” Chevron Phillips
Chemical Company, Kingwood, Texas, February 11
Invited address, “Some Applications in Mathematics
in My Real Life”, Eastwood Academy, Houston, Texas,
February 7
Invited address, “Let's Tackle the Hard Questions,”
Engineering Bridges Symposium, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, January 10
Invited address, “National Science Foundation: Priorities
and Opportunities,” 2002 Governor's Conference on
Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education, Leading
Texas to the Next Level: No Child Left Behind and Beyond,
Austin, Texas, November
Plenary session, “Creating Environments for Change,”
Sigma Xi Forum, Galveston, Texas, November 15
Panel discussion, National Campus Diversity Project Visit,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, November
“Promoting Teacher Leadership through University
Collaboration,” CEEE International Visitor Session,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
Congressional testimony, BEST
(Building Engineering and Science Talent) Leadership Meeting
on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, September 26 [Online]
Invited plenary address, “Diversifying Computing:
Its Successes, Challenges, and Contradictions,” MGE@MSA
Doctoral Mentoring Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake
City, Utah, September
Invited speaker, “Diversifying Computing: Its Successes,
Challenges, and Contradictions,” CRA Conference at
Snowbird 2002, Snowbird, Utah, July 15 [Online]
“Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,”
Milby High School/YES Summer Workshop, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, June
“Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,”
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Summer Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
“Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,”
Keynote address, The Annual RSI Systemic Leadership Institute,
Corpus Christi, Texas, June 19
“Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,”
South Texas Science Academy Workshop, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, June 6 [Online]
“Success for All: Its Contradictions and Challenges,”
TeacherTECH '02 Awareness Day, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, June 4 [Online]
“Diversifying Computing: Its Successes, Challenges
and Contradictions,” 2002 All Hands Meeting —“Expeditions
for the Future,” Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, May
Invited panel participant, “Science and Engineering
Education,” Space: A Critical Issues Workshop, James
A. Baker III Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
May 6 [Online]
Invited speaker, Hogg Middle School, Houston, Texas, April
Invited speaker, Diaz Music Institute Gala, Houston, Texas,
April
Invited speaker, Minority Graduate Educationat Mountain
State Alliance (MGE@MSA) Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Institute,
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, March
Contributions to Session Two of the 1998 NISE Forum:
Assessment and the Promotion of Change: Assessing and Evaluating
the Evaluation Tool - The Standardized Test, Psychology
Testing Class, Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Communication at the Heart of a Community for Underrepresented
Minorities and Women in Graduate School, The Sixth
Annual Writing Across the Curriculum 2002 Conference, Rice
University, Houston, Texas, March 9 [Online]
How Computation is Changing Science and Mathematics,
A Texas Leadership Conference: Using Modeling, Visualization,
and Data Management as Tools for Transferring Current Research
into High School Mathematical Sciences, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, March
HISD Engineer Activity Week, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, February
Minority Mathematics Professor: Confessions of a
Round Peg in a Square Hole, Issues for Ethnic Minorities
and Women in Science and Engineering Lecture Series, University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington, February
No Child Left Behind: Its Anticipated Successes,
Challenges, and Contradictions, Holland Lecture, Washington
State University, Pullman, Washington, February [Online]
Contemporary Successes, Challenges, and Contradictions
in Diversifying Education, Invited address, Rice University
Chinese American Association, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, November
Diversifying Computing: Its Successes, Challenges,
and Contradictions, Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity
in Computing Symposium 2001, Houston, Texas, October 19
[Online]
Invited speaker, Hogg Middle School Visit, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, October
Invited speaker, Institute of Technology-Monterrey, Mexico
Visit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
Diversity and Underrepresentation at Rice and Beyond,
Parents Weekend, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
Invited speaker, Burbank Middle School Visit, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, October
The need for Minority Leadership at the National
Level Invited speaker, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, September
“Computational Science in K-12,” Contemporary
Topics in Computational Science Education Session, Society
for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Annual Meeting,
San Diego, California, July
What Is Computation? How Has It Changed the Way
Science is Done?" TeacherTECH '01 Awareness Day, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, June
“Promoting Participation of Underrepresented Groups
in Science and Engineering,” TeacherTECH '01 Awareness
Day, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
“Diversity Awareness,” South Texas Science
Academy Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, June
Invited address, United Way Scholars, Enron and United
Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, Houston, Texas, June
Design, implement and direct the following Center for
Excellence and Equity in Education (CEEE) Rice University
outreach programs:
Two week TeacherTECH - Mathematical and Computational
Sciences Awareness summer course for K-12 mathematics
and science teachers from schools with significant minority
enrollment;
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
(AGEP) provides a year-round community experience that
encourages science, mathematics, and engineering graduate
enrollment, supports Ph.D. degree completion, and exposes
students to rigorous academic disciplines.
Welcome address, GK-12 Fellows Reception, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, May
“Some Fundamental Issues in Affirmative Action,
Admissions, Retention, and Faculty Hiring,” Alfred
P. Sloan Engineering and Science Underrepresented Minority
Ph.D. Recruitment and Retention Conference, The City College
of New York of The City University of New York, New York,
New York, April
“Work Habits, Education, and Self Worth: Ingredients
for Success,” Joe Barnhart Lectureship, Beeville,
Texas, April
“Texas K-12 Educational System: Should it be a national
model?” National Council for Supervisors in Mathematics,
Orlando, Florida, April 24 [Online]
“Serving as a Mentor and Collaborator in Your Discipline
and at Your Institution,” QEM/TSU Scholarly Productivity
Workshop, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, March
State of EOT-PACI, NPACI All Hands Meeting,
San Diego, California, February
Work Habits, Education, and Self Worth: Ingredients
to Success, Invited speaker, Travis Elementary School,
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Houston, Texas, February
The History of La Posada, Hispanic Association
for Cultural Enrichment at Rice (HACER), Rice University,
Houston, Texas, December
US Hispanics: Diversity Within Diversity,
Keynote address in honor of Hipanic Heritage Month, Compaq
Computers, Houston, Texas, October
Tenure: You Can't Get There Without It, Session
on Junior Faculty Issues, SACNAS National Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia, October
"U.S. Hispanics: Diversity within Diversity, Keynote address
in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, Lawrence, California, October
Featured guest: "Underrepresentation: K-12 Education and
the Cities," Math Medley talk show, Renaissance Radio, Phoenix,
Arizona, July
K-12 Teacher Workshop, SIAM National Meeting, San Juan,
Puerto Rico, July
"Diversity Awareness," South Texas Science Academy Summer
Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
Design, implemented and direct the following Center for
Excellence and Equity in Education (CEEE) Rice University
outreach programs:
Two week GirlTECH - Mathematical and Computational
Sciences Awareness summer courses for K-12 mathematics
and science teachers from schools with significant minority
enrollment;
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
(AGEP) provides a year-round community experience that
encourages science, mathematics, and engineering graduate
enrollment, supports Ph.D. degree completion, and exposes
students to rigorous academic disciplines
“Diversity: Achievement,” NISE Forum: Diversity
and Equity Issues in Mathematics and Science Education,
Detroit, Michigan, May
Keynote address, McDonald's Award Luncheon, Houston, Texas,
May
Invited address, Racial Solidarity Week, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, April
Presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium 2000,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, April
“Research and Education: Bridging the Gap,”
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, March
Chaired the Retention Session of the Workshop 2000: A
National Dialogue to Move Minority Graduate Education Forward,
Atlanta, Georgia, February
Attended the Public Affairs Advisory Group (PAAG) Meeting,
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, February
“Mentoring Women and Minorities,” NPACI All
Hands Meeting, San Diego, California, February
Keynote address, “Balancing the Role of Minority
and Scientist,” 7th Biennial Symposium
on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, and Cancer, Washington,
DC, February
Keynote address, “Education and the Parents' Role:
Important Components of your Child's Future,” Magnolia
Learning Community Conference, Houston, Texas, January
Consulted with T.J. Watson Research Center’s Vice
President for Research Paul Horn on issues of diversity
and inclusiveness, December
“How is Society Failing our Children,” Schools
of Excellence Conference for all secondary division teachers,
administrative officials, and counselors, Houston, Texas,
November
“Mentoring Effectively: Preparing Minority Students
for Careers in Physical and Mathematical Sciences,”
MURPPS Annual Orientation, University of California, Davis,
California, October
“Lack of Minority Leadership: Possible Causes and
Plausible Solutions,” National Science Foundation
Summit Meeting on Promoting National Minority Leadership
in Science and Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
October
Welcoming address, National Science Foundation Summit
Meeting on Promoting National Minority Leadership in Science
and Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
Keynote address, Faculty Senate Meeting, University of
Houston, Houston, Texas, October
“Views on Latinos in the Academia,” (SOLAR)
Society of Latino Alumni of Rice, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, September
“The Educational, Outreach and Training Partnership
for Advanced Computational Infrastructure,” 99 Conference,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August
But We’re Not an Internet Company, Houston Hispanic
Professionals Leadership Day, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School
of Management, Rice University, Houston, Texas, August
U.S. Department of Energy Faculty and Student Undergraduate
Research Education Conference, Argonne National Laboratory,
Argonne, Illinois, July
“Diversity Awareness,” South Texas Science
Academy Summer Visitation Program, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, June
“Promoting National Minority Leadership,”
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June
“Some Fundamental Issues in Affirmative Action,
Admissions, Retention, and Faculty Hiring,” The University
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June
Keynote address, SSRC-Mellon Summer Conference, Brown
University, Providence, Rhode Island, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Commencement speaker, Jesse H. Jones High School, Houston,
Texas, May
“Mentoring Minority Women in Science: Special Struggles,”
Committee on Women in Science and Engineering Symposium
- Careers of Women in Science: Who Will Do the Science of
the Future, Washington, DC April
“Some Fundamental Issues in Affirmative Action Admissions,
Retention, and Faculty Hiring,” Sloan Conference,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker: 1998 SHPE Region V RSLC, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, November
Invited panelist: “Achieving Diversity in the Science
and Engineering Professoriate,” National Science Foundation,
Arlington, Virginia, November
Invited speaker: "Diversifying the Student Body in a Post
Hopwood Era: The Rice Experience," Boston University, Boston,
Massachusettes, November
Invited speaker: “A Pyramid of Mentoring,”
Achieving Graduate Diversity Conference, University of California,
Berkeley, California, September
Invited Speaker: “Diversifying the Student Body
in the Post Hopwood Era: The Rice Experience,” Achieving
Graduate Diversity Conference, University of California,
Berkeley, California, September
Keynote address: “Mentoring for the 21st Century,”
Mentoring for the 21st Century: A Symposium, Presidential
Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring Program, Washington, DC, September
Invited speaker: “National Agenda and Societal Issues
Affecting Contemporary Mathematics Education,” Rice
University School Mathematics Project, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, June
Commencement Address: “The Civic Scientist: Participation
in Current National, Societal and Educational Problems,”
Division of Physical Science, University of California,
Los Angeles, June [Online]
Keynote address: “National Agenda and Societal Issues
Affecting Contemporary Mathematics Education,” Fourth
Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical
Sciences, Rice University, Houson, Texas, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Invited speaker: "Our National Health: Underrepresentation
and Other Issues," University of Texas, Pan American, Edinburg,
Texas April
Invited speaker: “What Can Computer Center Directors
Do to Improve Underrepresentation,” Coalition of Academic
Supercomputing Centers (CASC) Meeting, Houston, Texas, April
White House invited panelist: Meeting America’s
Needs for the Scientific and Technological Challenges of
the Twenty-First Century, AAAS 150th Anniversary Meeting,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February
“Assessing and Evaluating the Evaluation Tool -
The Standardized Test,” 1998 NISE Forum: Assessment
and the Promotion of Change, Washington, DC, February
"Integrating Applications, Computation, and Technology
into Eduacation," Computational Biomedicine Symposium, Baylor
College of Medicine. Houston, Texas, December
Keynote address (Education Component): “National
Agenda and Societal Issues Affecting Contemporary Mathematics
Education,” Supercomputing ’97, San Jose, California,
November
“U.S. Hispanic: Diversity within Diversity,”
Office of the President, Rice University, Houston, Texas,
November
“Awareness and Sensitivity Issues Affecting K-12
Education,” K-12 Science and Mathematics Enrichment
Seminar, SACNAS National Conference, Houston, Texas, October
Conduct K-12 Science and Mathematics Enrichment Seminar
for K-12 teachers from schools with large minority enrollments,
SACNAS National Conference, Houston, Texas, October
Invited speaker: “U.S. Hispanics: Diversity within
Diversity,” National Hipanic Heritage Month Celebration,
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, September
Invited speaker: “Diversity: A Contemporary National
Challenge,” Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois,
September
Invited speaker: “The Changing Role of Mathematics:
Enter the Computational Sciences,” New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, July
Invited speaker: National Agenda and Societal Issues
Affecting Contemporary Mathematics Education, Conference
for the Advancedment of Mathematics Teaching, Houston, Texas,
July
Invited speaker: The Changing Role of Mathematics:
Enter the Computational Sciences, Alliance for Minority
Participation Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico, July
Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction
to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Rice
University School Mathematics Project, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Commencement speaker: George I. Sanchez High School, Houston,
Texas, May
Keynote speaker: “National Agenda Issues in Science
and Underrepresentation,” National Alliance of Research
Centers of Excellence, El Paso, Texas, March
Invited speaker: “Balancing Professional and Minority
Issues,” ADVANCE (Advocating Diversity and Assisting
Career Exploration), Rice University, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker: “The Death of Affirmative Action:
What has Rice learned?” Association of Rice Allumni,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, January
Invited Speaker: “Ways Industry and Universities
Can Cooperate to Improve the Prepresentation of Hispanics
in Science and Engineering,” Hispanic Engineer National
Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC), Houston, Texas,
October
Invited speaker: “Retention Issues at Rice University,”
Stanford and Sloan Conference on Increasing the Minority
Ph.D.s in Engineering, Science, and Mathematics, Stanford,
California, October
Motivational address to the high school program at the
Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Conference (HENAAC),
Houston, Texas, October
Radio Interview: Hispanic Radio Network, September
Invited speaker: “Issues that Impact K-12 Math Education,”
HISD Math Summit Meeting, Houston, Texas, September
Motivational address to the entire second grade class
at West University Elementary, Houston, Texas, September
“Educational Outreach in the Computational and Mathematical
Sciences,” W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology,
Keck Retreat 96, Galveston, Texas, September
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Keynote speaker: 1996 Fifth Annual Scholar Banquet, Houston
Independent School District, Houston, Texas, May
“Affirmative Action: What have we learned, what
must we do?”, Office of the President, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, April
Invited speaker: “A Case for Affirmative Action
at Research Universities,” Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York, April
Featured in six-part documentary “Breakthrough:
The Changing Face of Science in America,” Public Broadcasting
Service National Showing, April 22,1996
Featured interview on “Week Night Edition,”
Channel 8, Houston, Texas, April
Invited speaker: “A Case for Affirmative Action
at Research Universities,” Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York, April
Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction
to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Student
Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications, Department
of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Texas A&M University,
Corpus Christi, Texas, February
Invited panel member: “Affirmative Action and Underrepresented
American Minorities in Mathematics at the Graduate and Professional
Levels,” NAM Panel Discussion, Joint Mathematics Meeting,
Orlando, Florida, January
Invited speaker: “Mathematics Education and National
Concerns,” MAA Student Lecture, Joint Mathematics
Meeting, Orlando, Florida, January
Invited speaker: “Underrepresentation and the Lack
of Homogeneity in the Minority Population,” Diversity
Day, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas, November
Moderator: “The Real Deal: An Informal Graduate
Student Session,” SIAM National Meeting, Charlotte,
North Carolina, October
Keynote address: “The Ingredients of Success,”
The First SC-COSMIC Student Conference on Computational
Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas,
October
Invited speaker: “Encouraging Minorities in Computational
Science and Engineering,” Association of Computer
and Information Science/Engineering Departments at Minority
Institutions, ADMI 95 Workshop, New Orleans, Louisiana,
August
Invited speaker: “A National Need: Enhanced Interaction
with the K-12 Community,” Seminars on Academic Computing,
Snowmass Village, Colorado, August
Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction
to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Rice
University School Mathematics Project and GirlTECH ’95,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Invited speaker: “Underrepresentation: Anatomy of
Failure and Steps Toward Success,” Minorities in Computing,
National Science Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia,
May
Invited speaker: Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Dickinson
High School, Dickinson, Texas, May
“Rice Minority and Educational Outreach Activity,”
National Science Foundation Site Visit, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, April
Invited speaker: “On the Retention of Minorities
and Women in Mathematical Sciences Graduate Programs,”
1995 American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Atlanta, Georgia, February
Keynote speaker: “Challenges of Contemporary Mathematics
Education,” Annual Mathematics Conference for K-12
Mathematics Teachers, Houston Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
Houston, Texas, February
Invited guest: Latin America into the 21st Century, Rice
University, Houston, Texas, February
Invited speaker: “Computational Science: The Contemporary
Challenge of Mathematics,” Department of Mathematics
and Statistics, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, February
Invited speaker: “Value of Education, Value of Mathematics,
and Career Options,” Westbury High School Luncheon,
Houston, Texas, January
Invited speaker: “The Rice Computational and Mathematical
Sciences Awareness Workshop for K-12 Educators,” Texas
Education Agency, Austin, Texas, January
Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction
to the National Needs of Science and Society,” 1960
Area Council Teachers of Mathematics, Tomball School District,
Tomball, Texas, September
Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction
to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Fiesta
Young Leaders of the National Hispanic Institute, Houston,
Texas, August
Invited speaker: “Orchestrating Mathematics Instruction
to the National Needs of Science and Society,” Conference
for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching, Houston, Texas,
August
Keynote speaker: “Education: The Key to Success
Not Only for the Individual but the Nation,” 11th
Annual Scholarship Banquet, Society of Mexican American
Engineers and Scientists, Houston, Texas, July
Invited speaker: “Increasing the Representation
of Minorities and Females in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics:
Focusing on Educational Strategies,” Texas Education
Agency, Austin, Texas, July
Invited speaker: “Contemporary Issues in Mathematics,”
The Rice K-8 School/La Escuela Rice, Houston, Texas, June
Invited speaker: “Contemporary Issues in Mathematics,”
Rice University School Mathematics Project, Houston, Texas,
June
Invited speaker: “Contemporary Issues in Mathematics,”
CalTech, Pasadena, California, June
Invited speaker: “Societal and Contemporary Issues
in Mathematics Education,” California Institute of
Technology Awareness Workshop for Secondary School Mathematics
Teachers, Pasadena, California, June
Invited Speaker: “Society and Contemporary Issues
in Mathematics Education,” Rice University School
Mathematics Project, June
Commencement Speaker, Jefferson Davis Night School, Houston,
June
Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation,
California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational
Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from
high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Keynote Speaker: Semana Latina program, California Institute
of Technology, invited by Latino Graduate Student Association,
Pasadena, California, May
Keynote speaker: Hispanic Heritage Program, University
of Illinois, invited by Latino Graduate Student Association,
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, April
Keynote speaker: “Diversity Issues in Higher Education:
25 Years Later - What Has Changed,” University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, April
Keynote speaker: Promoting Representation of Women and
Minorities in Mathematics, University of Houston Clear Lake
Conference, Houston, Texas, April
Invited speaker: “Multicultural Issues in Mathematics,”
Education Department Symposium, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, April
Keynote speaker: Rice Undergraduate Minority Student Program
Advance Annual Banquet, Houston, Texas, April
Invited address: The Role of the Computational Sciences
in Mathematics, SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos
and Native Americans in Science) National Meeting, Chicago,
Illinois, March
Organize and lead one-day workshop: “Say ‘Yes’
to a Youngster’s Future” The workshop was held
on the Rice campus and attended by approximately 120 teachers,
students and parents from Eighth Avenue Elementary School
(predominantly Hispanic) in Houston, February
Address student body, staff, and teachers on the value
of education, Scarsborough Elementary School, Houston, February
Invited speaker: Diversity Issues, staff development program,
Dupont Corporation, LaPorte, Texas, February
Invited speaker: Hispanic Forum Career Day, George Brown
Convention Center, Houston, Texas, February
In-service presentations to teachers and students of Dibol
Independent School District, Dibol, Texas, September
Special lecture: “The Health of the Nation,”
Families Weekend, Rice University, Houston, September
Graduation speaker: Math/Science Institute mini-graduation,
Kincaid High School, Houston, Texas, July
Graduation speaker: (MS2) Middle School Math and Science
Project, San Jacinto Community College, Pasadena, Texas,
June
Invited speaker: “The Changing Role of Mathematics
and National Agenda Issues,” Rice University School
Mathematics Project, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation,
California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational
Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from
high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
Keynote speaker at the Cinco de Mayo celebration, King
Middle School, Crosby, Texas, May
Keynote speaker: Jackson Middle School First Annual Girl’s
Athletic Banquet, Pasadena, Texas, May
Speaker: Hispanic Awareness Week, Poe Elementary School,
Houston, May
Keynote speaker: “The Mayan Connection,” Association
for the Advancement of Mexican Americans Cinco de Mayo celebration,
Houston, May
In-service presentation: “Hispanic Heritage and
Awareness,” Hispanic Awareness Week, West Elementary
School, Houston, May
Keynote address: “The Value of Education,”
California Institute of Technology Minority Youth Program,
Los Angeles, March
Presentation: “Why be a Good Student,” second
grade class, West University Elementary School, Houston,
March
Presentation: “Rice Outreach Educational Activities,”
Society of Rice University Women, February
Presentation: “Math is Necessary,” 1993 Hispanic
Forum Career and Education Day, Houston, February
Panelist: Duke Graduate School Symposium, “The Future
of Minorities in American Higher Education,” November
Featured guest: “Hola Houston,” Fox Channel
26 talk show, Houston, November
In-service presentation: “The Need for Sensitivity
in Diversity Issues,” West University Elementary School
faculty, Houston, October
In-service presentation: “What Universities Expect
from Today’s Student,” Milby High School faculty,
Houston, September
Keynote speaker: “Contemporary Educational and Diversity
Issues,” Sandia National Labs. Outreach Program for
high school students and teachers, Livermore, California,
September
In-service presentation: “The Necessity of High
Expectations for Minority Youth,” LaGrange Middle
School faculty, LaGrange, Texas, August
Conduct Computational and Mathematical Sciences Awareness
Workshop for K-12 teachers from schools with large minority
enrollments:
July 19 SIAM National Meeting, Los Angeles
July 31 Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque
Participate in Snowbird Conference, Computing Research
Board, The Association for the Advancement of Computing
Research, Snowbird, Utah and discuss Rice minority programs
and minority pipeline issues in science and engineering,
July
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
“Why should I go to College?”, address to
graduating seniors, Milby High School, Houston, June
Commencement speaker, High School for the Health Professions,
Mercedes, Texas, June
Invited speaker: “The Dynamics of Exclusion,”
Changing the Culture Workshop, Center of Research in Astrophysics,
University of California, Berkeley, June
Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation,
California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational
Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from
high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
“Our Hispanic Heritage and Science,” address
to the fourth and fifth grade class, West University Elementary
School, Houston, May
Keynote speaker: “Diversity and the Changing Role
of Mathematics,” Hispanic Heritage Week, Sandia National
Labs., Albuquerque, May
“The Changing Role of Mathematics,” North
Harris Community College Math Club, Houston, April
Participant: “Gender Equity,” panel discussion,
Pacifica Radio, Houston, March
Keynote speaker: “Building the Future,” Mathematics
2000; California Coalition for Mathematics, Sacramento,
March (invited by the Governor's Office)
Invited speaker: “Computation: An Indispensable
Part of Today’s Science,” SACNAS (Society for
the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science),
National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January
Invited speaker: “The Changing U.S. Demographics
and the Mathematical Sciences Pipeline,” 1991 Mathematical
Sciences Department Chairs Colloquium, Board on Mathematical
Sciences, Washington, DC, October
Invited speaker: “Diversity Issues in Science and
Engineering” Address Echo 1, Undergraduate Minority
Support Group, University of Texas, Austin, November
Invited speaker and participant: “Equality of Opportunity,”
Workshop on Human Resources in Computer Science and Technology,
National Research Council, Irvine, California, October
Invited speaker: “Meeting Today’s Challenges:
Minorities in the Sciences” Celebrating Diversity
Conference, University of Houston, October (invited by President
of the University)
Invited speaker: "Recruitment and Retention of Graduate
Minority Students" Address Chairs of Departments, College
of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station,
September
Participate in Snowbird Conference, Computing Research
Board, The Association for the Advancement of Computing
Research, Snowbird, Utah and discuss Rice minority programs
and minority pipeline issues in science and engineering,
July
Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation,
California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational
Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from
high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Invited speaker: "Diversity Issues in Mathematics" Address
combined Math Department faculties of the University of
California, San Francisco, April
Invited speaker: "Recruitment and Retention of Women and
Minorities in Science and Engineering" Address science faculty,
University of Utah, April
Invited speaker: “Opportunities in Science and Engineering”
Address parents of first and second graders at J.P. Henderson
Elementary School (predominantly Hispanic), Houston, April
Invited speaker: “Recent Developments in Interior-point
Methods for Linear Programming: An Overview,” Exxon
Production Research, Houston, Texas, March
Invited speaker: “Minority Educational Issues: Motivation
and Opportunities,” presented to faculty and students
of the High School for the Health Professions, Mercedes,
Texas, February
Invited speaker: “The Changing Role of Mathematics
and its Implication to Minority Education,” Teacher
in-service, High School for the Health Professions, Houston,
Texas, February
Invited speaker: “Nurturing Minority Graduate Students
in Mathematics,” American Mathematical Society and
Mathematical Association of America Joint National Meeting,
San Francisco, California, January
Invited speaker: “A Career in Industry or University,”
SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native
Americans in Science), National Meeting, Irvine, California,
January
Invited speaker: “Minority Women in the Mathematical
Sciences,” National Conference on Women in the Mathematical
Sciences, Austin, Texas, December
Keynote speaker: “Minority Educational Issues and
their Impact on Houston and Texas,” Rice President's
Luncheon Series, Houston, Texas, November
Invited speaker: “Minority Issues in Mathematics
Education,” RUSMP (Rice University Science and Mathematics
Project) Program for High School Teachers, Houston, Texas,
July
Participate in Snowbird Conference, Computing Research
Board, The Association for the Advancement of Computing
Research, Snowbird, Utah and discuss Rice minority programs
and minority pipeline issues in science and engineering,
July
Participate in Center for Research on Parallel Computation,
California Institute of Technology, Mathematical and Computational
Sciences Awareness course for mathematics teachers from
high schools with significant minority enrollment, June
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Invited participant: National Convocation of Mathematical
Sciences Education Board Making Mathematics Work for Minorities
project, Washington, DC. Received award from National Research
Council as one of twenty most influential leaders in minority
mathematics education, May
Consult with the administration of the University of California-Davis,
concerning the design and implementation of minority education
programs, May
Invited speaker: Hispanic Education Summit, Houston, Texas,
April
Invited speaker: “Minority Scientist - Conflicting
Roles,” Western regional meeting of Danforth-Compton
Minority Fellows, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April
Invited speaker: Recruitment and Retention of Minority
Students in Science and Engineering. Consult with the administration
of the University of Tulsa concerning the design and implementation
of minority education programs, March
Invited speaker: Region VI workshop - Making Mathematics
Work for Minorities, a project of the Mathematical Sciences
Education Board, San Antonio, Texas
Design, implement and direct the following CRPC Rice University
minority programs:
One week Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness
Summer Course for K-12 mathematics and science teachers
from schools with significant minority enrollment
Spend the Summer with a Scientist program for minority
science undergraduates
Invited speaker: “A Career in Education: The Right
Choice,” The 1989 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement
Awards Conference, Houston, Texas, October
Keynote speaker: “The Role of American Minorities
in Science and Engineering,” NIH MBRS National Meeting,
Houston, Texas, October
Participant: American Association of Medical Colleges
(AAMC) conference on evaluation of the MCAT (Standard entrance
examination for medical schools) and its relationship to
Mexican-American students, Los Angeles, California
Invited speaker: “Interpretation of College Board
Scores for Mexican-American Students,” American Association
for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, San Francisco,
California
Featured guest: 30-minute interview on Channel 13 show
“La Raza” to discuss the problems of the Mexican-American
in education, Houston, Texas
Keynote speaker: "“Why are there so few Mexican-Americans
in Texas Universities?"”, University of Houston Symposium
on Mexican-American Problems in Texas
Invited speaker: University of Houston Workshop on Recruitment
and Retention of Mexican-American Students
Keynote speaker: “Why are there so few Mexican-Americans
in Texas Universities?”, University of Houston Symposium
on Mexican-American Problems in Texas